identity

I would like to know people’s thoughts about using a pen name. Does anyone here use one? What are the practices one must adhere to when using a pen name? I have always intended to use a pen name. One long-standing reason for this is that I have never wanted anyone from "the family" to discover...

For many years, I described myself as an "Indy" (okay, sometimes "Indie") author. I was told that this was the description for people who published with independent presses like Countryman, Reaktion, or Hippocrene. Companies like these seemed to be the right place for my work and I was fine...