Sentences with phrase «writers used pen names»

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Author: The JT Leroy Story (R for sexuality, drug use, violent images and pervasive profanity) Out - of - the - closet documentary revealing that fiction writer Laura Albert is the real person behind the pen name JT Leroy.

Some writers like to use a pen - name as a marketing tool on Amazon, putting a keyword related to their books into their name.

At book signings, they use their pen names, but at writers conferences they use their real names with a reference to their pen names.

You might suspect that Booker Prize - winning writer John Banville used a bit of author's alchemy when he wrote a series of acclaimed, atmospheric crime novels set in 1950s Dublin, using the pen name Benjamin Black.

While a writer may use a pen name there are ways to find their real name pretty easily.

Did you know that not only does Amazon allow you to use pen names and pseudonyms, but they're actually very welcoming of writers who want to hide their identity.

A lesser known use is Romance writer Nora Roberts who uses the pen name J.D. Robb when writing suspense novels.

Even if you are just using a pen name, you can still brand yourself as a writer who knows his potential and what he can offer to his readers.

Chapter Five... I get a lot of questions about pen names and if writers should use pen names in this modern world of publishing.

As a writer, I use a pen name for my work because you NEVER know when a crazy person will key on something you write, or take something personally.

The award was named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international writers» organization.

A «pen name» or pseudonym, is an assumed name that many writers choose to use instead of their real name.

Since the time the first writers put quill to paper, pen names have been used by authors.

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