Using Pen Names in Contracts
Recently, a writer contacted me about signing a non-disclosure agreement using her pen name. I won’t rehash the basics on the pros and cons of using noms de plume, I’ve written a couple of blog …
Author Pen Names – Are Noms De Plume Obsolete?
P. L. Travers, Mark Twain, Robert Galbraith – these are all fictitious names used by writers. In this case, Helen Goff, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and Joanne Rowling. But you knew that, right? Most writers have …
Seven Legal Myths About Pen Names
Howard Allen Frances O’Brien, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Erika Leonard, and Joanne Rowling – they all adopted one, maybe even two. No, not children. A nom de plume, more commonly known as a pen name. In …
Tricks and Traps of Using a Pen Name
If you are a surgeon, do you want your patients to know you crank out thrillers with high body counts? If you dabble in bondage fiction, do you want to share that information with neighbors, …