I've been thinking a lot about pen names recently, as I'm working on my full length original novel at the moment. A friend of mine that writes fanfic has started writing under her real name for original stuff and under a completely different "real sounding" name for her m/m original works.

I considered submitting short stories under a pen name, but I decided that I want people to know it's me. I can't imagine publishing anything I'm ashamed of, or want to "hide"...