I thought it was time I wrote about a little of what I’m up to and what I’m writing nowadays.
If you stop by my blog regularly, you’ll probably have noticed that lately I’ve only been posting once a month.
There’s a couple of reasons for that: 1)I decided to move my blogposts for writers over to createastoryyoulove.com, so I could focus this website on updates on fiction I’m currently writing. 2)I also decided to blog less often in general, so I could find more time to the write stories I’ve been aching to write. So if you haven’t seen a blogpost from me for awhile it’s because I’m doing more writing 😉
I am still writing stories with my real name – Lorna Faith – right now I’m focussed on finishing the nonfiction book to help writers titled, Finish Your Book. This book is scheduled for release September 30, 2018.
However, I’m still writing romance. Today I thought I’d share why I decided to write a romance series under a pen name.
Why I created a secret pen name…
In the past year or so I had this compelling idea that I couldn’t shake: Wouldn’t it be fun to write romance in secret? What if I could write love stories without people knowing it’s me writing these books?
That’s where it started around a year or so ago. I couldn’t shake the idea, so I ended up choosing a pen name and even created an author website for my pen name.
So, back to the original question: why did I decide to create a secret pen name?
The first reason I created a secret pen name is because I wanted to try an experiment. I wanted to see what it would be like to write romance without anyone knowing these books were written by me. My thought process behind this was: I wondered if I would feel like I had more freedom to write, if I knew I was writing under a pen name? So far, I have to say it feels pretty good.
The second reason I created a secret pen name is because I wanted to use it as a test to see if I could market these books differently and what would happen when I did. I wanted to design the book covers in a unique way, way different than with any of my other books.
Lastly, the third reason I’m writing with a secret pen name is because I wanted to have fun creating novels that are different than I usually write… and having that freedom to write what I want.
I have to say, it’s been such fun writing this way 😉
So you might be wondering about the romance series I’ve started under my own name, the Mulberry Island Romance series. Those are still in the works and I’m excited to write them. First, I want to finish writing this nonfiction book and then I’ll be ready to finish the story of Abby and Jack in Return to Love(Book 1 in the series). You can see the book cover to the right, if you’re curious.
I’m writing more now and loving it and I’m looking forward to getting more books out there.
I’d love to hear your thoughts! Please do take a minute to write a comment below… I’d love to hear from you 🙂
