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Question of the day part 7
mare:
--- Quote from: Carter-Orange on September 09, 2012, 12:29:17 PM ---OK, here's a question. Have you ever posted under another name in a genre you wouldn't usually write in under your usual ID?
I've never done it, and I don't even know what made me ask the question! lol
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Actually yes, just when we did the April Fool's challenge. I wrote a Brian visual/romance one shot under the SN brian's big toe! LOL I was completely embarassed by that story and my descriptions I almost left it as brian's big toe but I decided to move it to my SN after the challenge and it actually got nominated for one of those trash awards and won runner up in two categories lmao which I can't believe anyone even voted for in the first place!
I don't know if I could actually write with an alias, I'm sure I would end up giving it away. LOL although maybe my alias would only write AJ and Howie slash and use cosmically huge banners!!
Carter-Orange:
I think if I wrote under an alias, the British words/sayings would give me away, LOL
Yes, no one would guess if you posted slash with a banner :D
Sakabelle:
Oh yeah that's right! I forgot about that April Fool's challenge where we had to do the alias here. I did that too and wrote a story about Howie actually being an undercover assassin where his assignment is to kill Nick, and he ends up accidentally killing Kevin as well, haha.
Mare, I would totally read a AJ/Howie slash written by you, or your alias haha now if I ever see one on most recent I'll assume it's you :P
mare:
lmao but it has to have a huge banner!
RokofAges75:
I've only done the alias thing for that April Fool's challenge Mare mentioned, but I later added my regular sn as a co-writer so it's listed under both names. I'm not ashamed of anything I write and like having a variety of stories credited to my name.
That said, I get why some people do the alias thing, even within the same fandom. It would be interesting to see if your writing got the same reaction under a different name. Writing should speak for itself, but I think sometimes people's personalities and online behavior either contribute to the popularity of their stories or detract from it. Posting anonymously under an alias no one knows forces people to judge you solely on your writing, not anything else.
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