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Pen name aka as nom de plume (but not the mnetter)

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 09:28

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Mud · 01/05/2005 09:29

Francoise Bacon

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 09:30

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flamesparrow · 01/05/2005 09:36

Oooh intrigued now... what's the book about???

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NomDePlume · 01/05/2005 09:38

Got all excited then too,

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 09:40

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flamesparrow · 01/05/2005 09:42

LOL! Ooooh, you could be "Lloyd Barclay"

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BadgerBadger · 01/05/2005 10:35

Natalie Weston

...geddit? Natwest

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SoupDragon · 01/05/2005 10:41

Do you want to be a man or a woman?

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 10:43

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SoupDragon · 01/05/2005 10:47

Those names are only strong by association though Mind you, some names would ever be considered strong so I know what you mean.

(Didn't J K Rowling use her initials in order to cloud the issue of her sex btw?)

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SenoraPostrophe · 01/05/2005 10:50

What about other surnames in your family - your mother's/grandmother's maiden name? You need something there's a story to I think.

Or [initials] French

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suzywong · 01/05/2005 10:50

spray@Mud

Marie-France Rosbif

or

Sophie England
Suzanne Albany
Lorraine Castle

dunno really

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 11:18

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SenoraPostrophe · 01/05/2005 11:24

get a copy of the french yellow pages and stick pins in until you get a name that also works in English?

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NomDePlume · 01/05/2005 18:39

I know someone called Natalie Weston !

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Tinker · 01/05/2005 18:40

Hardy and Lambert can be French or English

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Tanzie · 01/05/2005 22:45

Mine is going to be Persephone Sykes
Have youu got a publisher then, ggg?

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pixiefish · 01/05/2005 22:47

I like your Mn name. How about G Limpopo

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ggglimpopo · 01/05/2005 23:09

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JoolsToo · 01/05/2005 23:16

Jennifer Tussaude

Betty Pompadour

Antoinette Brittain

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MarsLady · 01/05/2005 23:33

Dominique Devereux. That was going to be my Mills and Boon name.

What about Gil Limpopo?

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Fimbo · 01/05/2005 23:35

Lillie Marsaud

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ghosty · 02/05/2005 00:17

Francoise Bucket ... (pronounced Bouquet)???

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tamum · 02/05/2005 10:36

How about a version of your MN name made to sound like a real person? Geraldine Pope, or Genevieve Pope for that French sound?

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ggglimpopo · 02/05/2005 10:46

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