Monday, June 2, 2008
Word of the Day
Pseudonym (noun) -- a false name or fictitious name that an author will use for signing or writing; a name an author writes under other than his/her own; a pen name (from Greek "pseudonumos")
Word in a Sentence: In the fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods, when Chariss is away in Tiurlang reading the Elder Edda, she sends a letter back to her wizard, Hrazon, under the pseudonym of Elandra, just in case it gets intercepted by her nemesis, Lord Jamieson Drake.
(Do you think I got enough proper nouns in there? Geez...You can get a copy of the eBook for about $4 to straighten all that out here. Bwuahahahahaha.)
Your turn! Do you have any creative sentences, maybe with fewer proper nouns than what I threw at you, to share with us today? What examples of pen names do you have for us?
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
Tags: word of the day, Choices Meant for Gods, fantasy novel, pseudonym, dragon
Word of the Day
Pseudonym (noun) -- a false name or fictitious name that an author will use for signing or writing; a name an author writes under other than his/her own; a pen name (from Greek "pseudonumos")
Word in a Sentence: In the fantasy novel Choices Meant for Gods, when Chariss is away in Tiurlang reading the Elder Edda, she sends a letter back to her wizard, Hrazon, under the pseudonym of Elandra, just in case it gets intercepted by her nemesis, Lord Jamieson Drake.
(Do you think I got enough proper nouns in there? Geez...You can get a copy of the eBook for about $4 to straighten all that out here. Bwuahahahahaha.)
Your turn! Do you have any creative sentences, maybe with fewer proper nouns than what I threw at you, to share with us today? What examples of pen names do you have for us?
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
Tags: word of the day, Choices Meant for Gods, fantasy novel, pseudonym, dragon
Labels: Amanda Chariss, Choices Meant for Gods, grammar, pseudonym, word of the day
posted by Sandy Lender | 7:31 AM
3 Comments:
I read some place, quite a while back, that the best way to select a pen name -or a pseudonym -is to use your middle name and the name of the street where you live. In that case, mine would be Ellen Cooper. Doesn't sound too bad, does it? Now, all I need to put it into play is to get my brain cells thinking, my fingers typing, my eyes reading research stuff and then -put it all together into some fantastic work of art or non-fiction or something!
Jeni,
I think that's a good way to get your stripper name, too. He he he. But I think Ellen Cooper works for writing a best-seller better than for removing clothing in a beer-soaked bar.
Actually, Ellen Cooper sounds really good for a pseudonym...It's got that "up front in the alphabet" thing going for it, too!!!
Sandy L.
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
OH!
But, Jeni!
Check it out!
I spent the most time living on a street called Chaucer when I was growing up. So I could totally have a fabulous and famous name for my pseudonym if I went that route! How cool would that be??? (I love and adore Chaucer, by the way. Don't believe there's enough evidence to prove he assaulted a woman. And I totally empathize with his financial woes.)
So I could be Anne Chaucer, thus combining my love of the Brontes and the middle English bard. Dude, I'm so set if I ever want to use a pen name.
I'll smile for the rest of the day. Thanks, Jeni!!!
Sandy L.
"Some days, I just want the dragon to win."
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