Use this guide if you want to publish under a different name, for privacy, to separate genres or to keep your writing apart from your day job. Have a list of possible names and your publishing plans ready.
Step by step
Decide why you need one
Write down your reason in one line, for example: to keep my romance novels separate from my professional work, or to protect my privacy from people I know. The reason decides how secret the name needs to be and whether you will ever reveal the link to your real name. A pen name for genre separation can be openly linked; one for privacy needs much more care.
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