-George Eliot
This is one of my favorite quotes. I love that George Eliot isn't this author's real name. It's just a pen name. Her real name was Mary Anne Evans. She chose George (a man's name) to ensure that her writing was taken seriously. (Isn't sexism awesome?)
I want you to create a blog under a pseudonym (or alias, or AKA, or pen name). Here are some examples from past writers:
- Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe's real name)
- William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid)
- Tyler Durden (character from Fight Club)
- Holly Golightly (character from Breakfast at Tiffany's)
- Chali 2na (rapper from Jurassic 5)
- Bombalurina (from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats)
- Pete Maravich (used to play for the Utah Jazz)
- Dottie Kemenshek (from the movie A League of Their Own)
- Quentin Tarantino (directed Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill)
- TheAbstract (alias of Q-Tip, rapper from A Tribe Called Quest)
- Len Bias (Maryland basketball player)
- Regina George (character from Mean Girls)
- Calvin Broadus, Jr. (Snoop Doggy Dogg's real name)
- Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet's character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
- Joel Barish (Jim Carrey's character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
- Kat Stratford (main character in 10 Things I Hate About You)
