Hello world and all who inhabit it!! Now that title is a rather large word. For those who do not know, a pseudonym is when a person uses a fake name for something, usually writing. A famous example would be Mary Shelly, the author of Frankenstein using her husbands name instead of her own when she first published the book.
A pseudonym can be used for many reasons such as writing about sensitive subjects and you don’t want anyone to know about it, the subject material you are writing about could cause harm to you, or, such as in Mary Shelly’s case, you live in a society where your work would not be allowed to be seen due to who you are, for Mary Shelly it was because she was a woman in a sexist time.
It may surprise a lot of people, but I have actually written and published something with a pseudonym. It was a short story, and the reason I used a pseudonym was because I knew that the information I was writing about would cause people I knew to be upset with me due to the subject material I presented. Only a few people know this pseudonym, and I will only share it with a few. I plan on using this same pseudonym for future writings since I have ideas for many works that some people would be upset with me for writing about. I will give this hint though, if you ever do see it, my true fans will be able to recognize me.