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

[celli]

1. Do you write?
Yup. :)

2. If you write, do you use a pseudonym?
I do. My first two or three stories in my very first fandom were under my real name; the rest are under Celli.

3. If you use a pseudonym, why?
So that people in the "real" world can't Google my fic. Particularly my explicit stuff.

4. If you don't use a pseudonym, why?
5. How did you choose your pseudonym?
My online handle in my first bulletin board was "Celimene" after a character in a monologue I was doing in acting class. It was speedily shortened. :)

6. Do more people know you by your pseudonym or by your real name? :-)
Hee! Most online people eventually learn my real name...I'd say half and half.