If you don’t start singing the song from Disney’s Aladdin, then
watch the video and maybe you will. :}
Okay back to the subject of Nom de Plums, or Pen Names. As I
was perusing writing and publishing related blogs I came across this one from
The Passive Voice,
Pen Names – Everything You Need to Know,
and it got me thinking about how I could use various pen names for all the
different categories of stories I have on my hard drive and the names I could
use.
I got a little carried away,
but thankfully a post by Anne R. Allen, Part IIIof her How to Blog series reeled me in. She recommends, for the second or third
time, that you should use your name as your blog title so your readers can find
you.
I commented how I have name confusion, between Elorithryn
and Cathryn. Okay I have name confusion on more than those two,
but Anne commented that she’d seen Elorithryn, but hadn’t realized it was me.
That gave me pause.
Isn’t the sun avatar clue enough? I suppose if you don’t
know me, or the fact that it’s my tattoo, perhaps it is confusing. The thing is
I consider the sun my Brand more than my name. Names change, that tattoo is
quite permanent. Not to mention it is
the source of my sunny disposition. *grin* It’s also a unique design, born of
my own drawing and the tattoo artist’s flare for color.
But perhaps the sun isn’t enough. Perhaps this ought to be
Cathryn Leigh’s Diary, not Elorithryn’s, though the web address might have to
stay http://elorithryn.blogspot.com/, though maybe I could get CathrynLeighsDiary.blogspot.com.
I don’t know what that will do to my net presence though. You see, if you Google
Elorithryn, I pop up immediately (this blog, Protagonize, NaNo...). Google Cathryn
Leigh and you don’t find me (the woman I was named after pops up though; she’s
the only one who spells her name like I do). *sigh*
So, if anyone has any advice for me on this quandary, please
share it. I’m beginning to wonder if I should have stayed Elorithryn when I
started posting comments on writing blogs... But I want to be published as
Cathryn Leigh.... *sob, sigh, breath and grin*
:} Cathryn Leigh
