Not only is it an elimination of pain-in-the-ass to use your real name, but you have a COOL real name. Angelia is unusual enough that people will remember it, and it does not seem fake (even with Sparrow, which is a good audio balance with Angelia). Angel, however, does.
I think it strongly depends upon what sort of book it is because different audiences will expect different things. Angelia (which is a beautiful name, btw!) wouldn't fit a romance novel, because it sounds like the name of a woman who would produce sappy dreck and I think you're too strong of a writer to live up to those expectations. The people who would enjoy your work wouldn't pick up a book written by Angelia Sparrow, and the Harlequin lovers would probably be disappointed in anything that smacks of literary merit. On the other hand, Angelia Sparrow is a kickass name for a cyber punk sci-fi writer, though some of the teenage boys who read sci-fi are so misogynistic that they won't touch anything written by a woman. Maggie O'Neill and Cynthia Sparks are both all-round names that would match any genre. (I went with the former because my college librarian was named Cynthia Sparks and I can't shake the identification. *laughs*)
Actually, after I've already voted, I think I like Angelia Raleigh. Raleigh is a somewhat stodgy name (to my ears), and balances out the exotic sound of Angelia perfectly. I'd definitely pick up and read the back cover of a book by Angelia Raleigh if I happened to stumble across it.
I was recently asked "They don't kick you out of the porn writers' guild for being too well read?" because I'd included Homeric hymns to Athena in a story.
Amusingly enough, I am currently working on a cyber-punk novel. Complete with m/m and m/f/m sex, net running, grungy future and a cmplete psychopath who mutilates net-runners to enhance their cyber efficiency.
Wow on the C.Sparks. Sparks is a family name, and my father considered changing my name to Cynthia once upon a time. (You want fake sounding? Truelove Sparks, who fought in the Union Army)
I remember posting a similar question in my own LJ a while back. The general consensus then was use your real name. I've come to agree, strange as it seems to me. I've always said I would use a psuedonym, because I don't think my real name sounds "authory," as I like to put it. But... you know, it's my name, and in the end it might save me a whole bunch of unforseen legal/financial/general issues just to use it.
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Date: 2006-09-01 11:06 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-09-01 01:02 pm (UTC)Also, it will give you a story to tell on con panels.
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Date: 2006-09-01 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-01 07:14 pm (UTC)Actually, as I said, I was thinking it'd be a huge elimination of PitA.
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Date: 2006-09-01 01:45 pm (UTC)Actually, after I've already voted, I think I like Angelia Raleigh. Raleigh is a somewhat stodgy name (to my ears), and balances out the exotic sound of Angelia perfectly. I'd definitely pick up and read the back cover of a book by Angelia Raleigh if I happened to stumble across it.
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Date: 2006-09-01 07:18 pm (UTC)Amusingly enough, I am currently working on a cyber-punk novel. Complete with m/m and m/f/m sex, net running, grungy future and a cmplete psychopath who mutilates net-runners to enhance their cyber efficiency.
Wow on the C.Sparks. Sparks is a family name, and my father considered changing my name to Cynthia once upon a time. (You want fake sounding? Truelove Sparks, who fought in the Union Army)
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Date: 2006-09-01 11:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-02 12:53 am (UTC)Just my opinion.