What is it that causes both seasoned and amateur writers to stow away the name they received at birth, and feverishly pull out a baby-naming book to choose a carefully camouflaged byline?
Should I sign my name? But … people will know it’s me! I don’t care … Yes I do!
I wasn’t agonizing over an attorney’s last warning or some life-saving procedure not by a long shot. I was just trying to get up the guts to sign my name on an article I’d written.
My courage rose; I quickly typed my name. Then my courage dropped; I hit delete. Relief surged through me as my name vanished.
Later that morning I read an article in which the writer revealed her housekeeping challenges confessing that her home often looks like a tornado had hit. Admiration and a tinge of envy washed over me as I recognized the author’s name.
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