Business Cards, Pseudonyms, Websites; Or Making Your Presence Known

Happy Tuesday All,

My business cards with the name "Bethany Averie" on them just came in yesterday (the first box, that is). It feels surreal (to borrow from the title of the manuscript I'm polishing for querying) to have them. "Averie" is a pseudonym for me since I'm trying to keep my personal/private life personal and private and my writing life separate for a variety of reasons.

Also, I'm sending information off to my webmaster so that he can start looking around so I can buy my domain name and get that going. He's someone I know and good with the web mastering and easy to work with--very knowledgeable, too. So, he's gonna help me with that part.

Anyway, there's exciting things happening on my end, so check back to see what's next :-)

What's going on with you?

Have A Terrific Tuesday!

Comments

Shannon O'Donnell said…

Oh, this sounds like so much fun, Bethany!! Yay! :-)

Tuesday, 21 September, 2010

Bethany said…

Shannon,

Yeah, I'm hoping that agents and editors will approve of my pseudonym since it'll be pretty easy for me to remember. But I don't think they'll be a big problem.

I'm gearing up for the Conference...be sure to check out the link if you haven't already. It looks like it's going to be really good. 3 weeks and 4 days left!

Thanks for coming by Shannon! :-)

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