Naming Names

[gnomi]

OK, so I was going to be all spiffy-like and construct a real poll about this, but I couldn't come up with any cute/catchy/snarky answers, so instead I'll do this the boring way.

I've been thinking a lot about pseudonyms and why/if people choose to use them. If I were to ever publish any of my fiction, I don't know whether or not I'd use a pseudonym. And that made me wonder - as I look around at all the writers on my friends list, and boy there are a lot of them. So, some questions:

1. Do you write?
2. If you write, do you use a pseudonym?
3. If you use a pseudonym, why?
4. If you don't use a pseudonym, why?
5. How did you choose your pseudonym?
6. Do more people know you by your pseudonym or by your real name? :-)

Curious gnomis are waiting with bated breath for your answers.

Comments

[cicirossi.livejournal.com]

1. Do you write?
yup

2. If you write, do you use a pseudonym?
cicirossi for all things fannish, though it's not hard to see my real name in my LJ. Julia Talbot for the published stuff so far, and I have co-writer pseudonyms too.

3. If you use a pseudonym, why?
Well, when I started fandom, there were folks I knew that I didn;t want to know. The Julia pseudonym was more for the distancing work me from writer me, and the co-write ones are simply convenient.

4. If you don't use a pseudonym, why?

5. How did you choose your pseudonym?
cici and julia are both old characters of mine

6. Do more people know you by your pseudonym or by your real name? :-)
heh. I dunno. I imagine my real name