tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post3872775792218298269..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': PseudonymsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-252601293570160582009-03-07T12:17:00.000+00:002009-03-07T12:17:00.000+00:00Can anybody confirm that Edward Marston is a Pseud...Can anybody confirm that Edward Marston is a Pseudonym for Andrew Martin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-66331207538046951342008-03-08T14:15:00.000+00:002008-03-08T14:15:00.000+00:00I mostly write under "Jacqueline Seewald," my real...I mostly write under "Jacqueline Seewald," my real name. But early on, when writing short stories from a male perspective, I wrote under "J.P. Seewald," thinking male readers might be turned off if they knew a woman had written the story. Lots of female writers do this for similar reasons. However, a number of men have read THE INFERNO COLLECTION and enjoyed the novel although they know it's written by a woman. Is the age of sexism over??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-71670944193009226062008-03-01T23:24:00.000+00:002008-03-01T23:24:00.000+00:00And to me, Chap!And to me, Chap!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-14316505243998438962008-03-01T22:23:00.000+00:002008-03-01T22:23:00.000+00:00Another reason for a genre writer to to use a pen-...Another reason for a genre writer to to use a pen-name: a pedestrian "Keith Chapman" doesn't have the right ring for an author of action-packed westerns. Somehow "Chap O'Keefe" does. To me anyway!Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-54213969091036168722008-03-01T12:46:00.000+00:002008-03-01T12:46:00.000+00:00Very interesting, David. (Or should I say Tom?) Th...Very interesting, David. (Or should I say Tom?) Thanks, and of course I appreciate your comments about the blog. Not sure I've written quite as much fiction since I started it, but...Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-729048308410584692008-03-01T11:57:00.000+00:002008-03-01T11:57:00.000+00:00That was quite a challenge in itself: finding a na...That was quite a challenge in itself: finding a name that didn't come up in a search on Amazon. Harder still was finding one where a ".com" or ".net" domain name was still available, since almost every conceivable permutation has been snapped up by these mysterious people who presumably do it to hold the rest of us to ransom! Anyway, after a lot of discussion my agent and I finally came up with TOM BALE, which hopefully is quite easy to remember and will look good on the cover of a book. (Ideally, of course, I'd have kept my own name but used someone else's photograph...)<BR/><BR/>I also want to say that I recently found this blog and have really enjoyed reading it. I'm amazed that you're able to produce such thoughtful and detailed posts, and still find time for writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-43795910843861593652008-02-29T21:04:00.000+00:002008-02-29T21:04:00.000+00:00Hi DAvid - I can imagine that it was a shock! But ...Hi DAvid - I can imagine that it was a shock! But how did you set about choosing a suitable pseudonym?Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-21955460814537788752008-02-29T20:04:00.000+00:002008-02-29T20:04:00.000+00:00Another reason to take on a pseudonym is when you ...Another reason to take on a pseudonym is when you discover, as I did, that there are several other writers with the same name. It was quite a shock the first time I entered my name in Amazon and found pages of titles, ranging from books on Sussex (where I live!)to children's stories and even what appears to be a crime novel. To avoid confusion, my next book won't bear my real name on the cover, and I must admit it is a slightly strange prospect. My mother, for one, can't quite hide her disappointment...!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-75706272619229483532008-02-28T21:12:00.000+00:002008-02-28T21:12:00.000+00:00I watched it too, Jilly and I thought Hywel Bennet...I watched it too, Jilly and I thought Hywel Bennett did a great job as the meek and murderous Dr Bickleigh. Iles also wrote the book on which Hitchcock's 'Suspicion' is based. But the book is better than the film.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-84418160398065157052008-02-28T19:37:00.000+00:002008-02-28T19:37:00.000+00:00So that's who Francis Iles was. I loved his 'Mali...So that's who Francis Iles was. I loved his 'Malice Aforethought' - televised back in the late 70s or early 80s.Jillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104126307586066155noreply@blogger.com