The author pronounces his name Neil
Not exact matches
«Keep the spelling fairly simple and easy to
pronounce,» suggests Eleanor Turner of Lemonade Babies, a birth doula and
author of «Baby
Names 2015.»
Author J.R.R. Tolkien created entire languages for his fictional universe, providing beautifully
pronounced names with an Old Norse, Anglo - Saxon, or Icelandic ring.
Siobhan Dowd (
pronounced Shivorn) was
named one of the «top 100 Irish - Americans» for her global anti-censorship work with the writers» organization Dowd also co-founded the English PEN's readers and writers program, which brings
authors into underprivileged schools, prisons young offender institutions and community projects.
The
author says that in France his
name is usually
pronounced greff, in Germany they tend to rhyme it with life, and in English with grief - anyway is fine with him!
How to
pronounce Cris Beam: Sounds like Chris but is quite firmly «Cris» - the
author professes to detest the letter «h» because people so often mis - spell her
name with an «h»
About the
authors: Wu Ming is not a single person but a collective of five «guerrillla novelists» from Italy (in Chinese, wu ming can either mean «anonymous» or «five
names», depending on how the first syllable is
pronounced - and is a common byline among Chinese citizens demanding freedom of speech).
But for a long - lasting, career - centric
AUTHOR branding website, try to choose your own
name or your pen
name, unless it's already been taken or is very difficult to spell or
pronounce.
Many, many female
authors have taken up male pen
names or publishing under their initials due to a
pronounced gender gap in the literary world.
I took using the
name «Mark Leslie» from something I'd learned from Anthony's own
author notes at the end of each of his novels and, in the same manner, he dropped the last two
names from Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob to come up with his writing
name, I did the same, dropping my difficult - to - spell and
pronounce last
name from Mark Leslie Lefebvre.