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Not sure where you live. But in the US you can have the publisher sign a confidentiality agreement. It's not a 100% deturrant but it definatly helps and makes them legally liable if someone outs you. They can make anyone working on the project sign an agreement as well.

Yes it does. It makes them legally liabel civily. A former classmate of mine had a confidentiality agreement with the company he worked for. He spoke about what he was working on to the wrong person, it got back to the company, and they sued him and won.

Nobby, I've come to the conclusion that you are going to argue with me no matter what I say. I can say, "There are no clouds in the sky and the sky looks blue" and you would argue with me about what color the sky looks. Do you have something against me that I don't know about?

At a guess, you're a squishy thinker and he is somewhat disdainful of that.

I don't think that's it. I think it's that you're not a particularly good writer and need to reread what you write a couple times before you click "post".

Consider the "how to construct a peanut butter and jelly sandwich" exercise.

Nexa

I tend to write to a more consertive audience. It's true that sometimes I pick my words based on this. I'll try to be more universal in my language in the future. And thank you Nexa for giving advice and not just flaming away. I truely do appreciate it.

I think you misunderstand what is being said. It isn't just the words you choose that are imprecise; it's the ideas behind them.

The only connection with liberal vs. conservative may be the difference in education levels; I'm not sure about that. I disagree with Totem all the time, but you'll rarely find me questioning his means of expression.

When did conservative forum posters all become such sensitive girls?

It doesn't matter, but as long as you don't mind no one ever remembering who you are you can leave it that way. Back to the subject of Pen Names, one of the top reasons for an author to pick a pen name is that their real name is too hard to remember.

Nexa

Edited, Apr 8th 2008 11:59am by Nexa

I asked my husband if he would mind if I ever got a book published (this was back when I actually wrote a bit and thought one day I might finish one of my projects. HA!) I would publish under my maiden name. It was original, and I, personally, wouldn't want everyone to know my real name.

This is, of course, assuming that I would be a terribly popular author and people would want to try to find me.

I seem to remember reading that King got outed as Bachman due to someone digging through public records. Yes, there were suspicions by fans and retailers, but he was never officially exposed till that happened. I would imagine if you dug deep enough you would be able to find anyone out, especially in this age.