What’s in a name….

I was talking to a reader the other day and the subject of pen names came up. Now anyone who knows me knows I have three pen names. I write three different kinds of stories and they are so different they cannot all be under one name. In explaining this my reader was aghast that Aeryn Traxx is not my real name and how can she trust anything I write.
Uhm…..yeah.
Well, to be honest the name Aeryn Traxx LOOKS fake so I’m not too sure why the fact it turns out to BE fake is important. As for trusting what I write, again I am a bit bemused why a pen name matters. The work is good and worth reading or it isn’t. Shouldn’t matter what name is on the cover other than that is why you bought it because you had read other works by Aeryn Traxx and liked them. But that loops back around to why I have three pen names. When you pick up a book with Aeryn’s name on it you will get a m/m romance that has hawt over the top sex scenes, love and a happily-ever-after. There will be other factors depending on the piece but these are the three things Aeryn builds into every story . It is a guarantee- sorta like McDonalds. No matter what McDonalds you go to you know a double cheeseburger is going to be good. Same with a story written by Aeryn. You know when you pick up a book with Aeryn Traxx on the cover it is going to be hawt, have characters with love on their minds and a happily-ever-after. To anyone who has had their world shattered to learn writers don’t always use their real names I apologize. I suppose I could have done like they do in radio and used a truly obvious fake name like Oliver Clotheshoff…then again maybe not.

TTFN
Aeryn