Pen Name!

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I have been reading about Pen Names lately on this community and I am (hopefully) startig college soon to major in literature to become an author. I write mostly scifi/futuristic stuff. I was into fantasy/vampire stuff for a while too but.... scifi is my thing!
Anyway I've had pen names in the past, the ones I most used being:

Alita (I later added the surname Andrews) - This name came about from a manga series called Battle Angel Alita. I look physically a lot like Alita and she has mechanical wings and I took that as an inspiration for my tattoo back piece of broken biomechanical wings. As for the surname Andrews, it was because of the author V.C. Andrews and after I read 'Flowers in the Attic' I decided to use the surname.

Benjamin Andrews - I have always been a fan of having a very masculine name. I also was considering using this name for a child (male though). I love the sound of Benjamin and when I was married to my ex we had decided on the name Benjamin Andrew (his middle name too) if we ever had a baby boy. I still would love to use the name sooo using as a pen name became kind of weird.

Damien Thorn - Yes... sooo cliche I know... we all know The Omen and I love the movies (I, II and III anyway) and I am usually writing darker stuff (I never create too much of a 'happy' atmosphere in my stories... nooo). I also adore Damien on me... it just seems to go well with who I am.

As much as I looove these names I was thinking of maybe trying something new for a change. The only ones that truly does fit my style now is Alita (because of the whole Mechanical Angel thing...) So I wanted to ask for help/suggestions. I would preffer if the names weren't classic at all. Out there names are fine. Only one rule though! No Jayden/Jaden/Aidan/Aydan/Brayden/Braden... you get my drift, non?

Thanks!

Comments

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I like it would be amazing if your pen name was Benjamin Andrews. I love it!

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

basically i did a meaning search on babynames.com for words i thought of when i read your description of yourself and this is what i got for my suggestions:

Nyx - means night
Balin - means night
Sunil - means dark
Seren - means star
melchoir - means god is my light, but i think has a nice sound and is fitting
Lucilius- means
Xannon - ancient god
Gaenor - white ghost, phantom

[neverstarsburn.livejournal.com]

*Lucilius means light

[274-days.livejournal.com]

There was a girl at school named Alita. I guess it makes more sense here, as I'm pretty sure you guys measure in gallons, but she was teased non stop about the affiliation with "a litre of" (i.e. Milk, water, liquid...)

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i like benjamin andrews. yeah, it might be a little strange to have a masculine pen name, but it's nice :)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

How about changing around some of the ones you already have...

Alita Thorn
Damien Andrews
Alita Damien

??

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

I love Alita Andrews. :) Unusual, but not too out there.