Serenity feels a lot like exhaustion
I am home. It is late. I have pretended I was in college and slept far too little, since last Saturday. I left the event with contacts, and with workshop leaders coming up to me to say, "You've really been a contribution," and "your insight into offering feedback is phenomenal", and more than one person saying "role model" (which I thought was a bit far-fetched; I mean, I just learned how to give and receive fb through fanfic and my fanfic community. :)
Because you're the *best*.
So, now. It's question time. Do I break out of anonymity, start making my (real name) web site, say I pubbed gay m/m erotica and plan to publish more as I push it toward the mainstream... or, er, as the mainstream flows my way?
The heart of the question is simple. Am I willing for my mother to be embarrassed because her daughter publishes racy stuff that her church profoundly disapproves of? Or should I settle on a *good*, unique-type pseudonym and play there, thereby giving my family and myself one layer of protection from the judging eyes of strangers and my clients?
I'm pondering. I welcome anyone's thoughts.
cross-posted from dreamwidth. http://charlottechill.dreamwidth.org/17467.html#comments
Because you're the *best*.
So, now. It's question time. Do I break out of anonymity, start making my (real name) web site, say I pubbed gay m/m erotica and plan to publish more as I push it toward the mainstream... or, er, as the mainstream flows my way?
The heart of the question is simple. Am I willing for my mother to be embarrassed because her daughter publishes racy stuff that her church profoundly disapproves of? Or should I settle on a *good*, unique-type pseudonym and play there, thereby giving my family and myself one layer of protection from the judging eyes of strangers and my clients?
I'm pondering. I welcome anyone's thoughts.
cross-posted from dreamwidth. http://charlottechill.dreamwidth.org/17467.html#comments