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Re: Pen name

by Kaesy

1/30/2023, 9:09 AM

I can't think of any author putting four names on a book, it seems like way too much. Nobody every wants to say "I'm reading a book by Robin Shea Beren Wildgrube." Drop the middles or at least make them initials.

If I look at just fn and ln, Rowan Voss sounds nice, and I feel like it could vibe with a wide variety of genres. Rowan S. B. Voss works.

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- Realisticmind379

1/30/2023, 11:05 AM

Ignore

This message was edited 1/30/2023, 11:08 AM

- CaptainYulef +2

1/30/2023, 9:24 AM

Thank you, if I do go with a name with two middles (which I am reconsidering after looking at the replies), I will definitely make them initials, as the meaning of those will be lost on most readers anyways, and they were put there for personal reasons.
I also agree about Rowan S. B. Voss, it has a nice 'smooth' and literary feel about it. I will probably drop the name Beren though, so that it'll just be Rowan S. Voss.

This message was edited 1/30/2023, 9:30 AM

- Kaesy

1/30/2023, 11:09 AM

If you're picking only one initial, I wouldn't go with S with the surname Voss. It gets a little hissy.

- Kerilyntaryn21

1/30/2023, 11:08 AM

I'd just go with Rowan Voss

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