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What Should My Pen Name Be?

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BristalWilson | 00:19 Thu 14th Nov 2013 | Arts & Literature
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So, I want to have a pen name because I want to write stories and books but I don't need everyone knowing who I am. I need help figuring out what name to have. I have first and last names below, but if you have another name you would like to throw out there, please do! The middle initial will be "B."
FIRST NAMES::
Hazel
Annette
Devyn
Eveleign
Elyse
Avery
Ashlyn

LAST NAMES::
Kimberly
Medlen
Nichols
Whyman
Scott
Stuart
Adams
Acker
Smith
Peterson
Trine
Spruce
Richards
Andersen
Mueller
Stawell
May
Carleton
McLaren
Hanlen
Tyler
Jones
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Devyn B Whyman
Avery Hanlen?
William B Shakespeare has a nice ring to it ...
Lady B. Goode
Hazel B Spruce sounds solid to me
A little wooden perhaps?
Why do you need a middle initial ? Arthur C Clarke used one, but his name is a common one; adding the C makes it distinct from other Arthur Clarkes.

What kind of works do you write, what genre ? Georgette Heyer happens to sound exactly right for the stuff she wrote, and professional writers are aware of the image a name has when they are choosing pen names.
the OP appears to be American, and they commonly use middle initials, FredPuli. Even Harry S Truman had one despite not having a middle name. Wikipedia says this is "a common practice among the Scots-Irish".
Boz Scott might be inappropriate for a female.
Sheila Blige
Norma Stitz
Theresa Greene
Edna Bucket (pronounced Bouquet, obviously)
Eva Brick
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And please welocme those old favourites

Emma Roids and
R Stornaway
charming
Ahem............this is not in chatterbank.
sorry
wasn't you Milady
thank goodness for that...thought folks had lost their sense of humour here...
....and R.Scott was a better writer than R.Stornoway ladyalex :-)
Then there's always Claude Bottom...but he was more of a lion tamer than an author I suppose....
I was going to suggest David Nobbs, but he already exists.

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