demetermaid

@demetermaid (38)

United States • Age 44

Joined myLot 14 years ago

**bringing nothing to the table since 1980**

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Writers: do you use a pen name?

theweerouss @theweerouss (982) • United States 5 May 10

I have been using my real name on all of my writing since I began freelancing, but I am getting more serious about my work and am considering using a pen name from now on. Do any of you writers out there use pen names? How did...

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demetermaid Not all the time. If what I'm writing about is personal, or autobiographical - I never use a nom de plume. I want my readers to know who I am and that I have no secrets. However, if I'm writing 100% pure fiction, creative writing, misc. et al - yes. I have a...

19 May 10

Reading Speed

Transformed @Transformed (1259) • United States 14 May 10

What is your reading speed with a good book? A bad book? A book someone recommends you read but you don't particularly care for the author (or maybe even the person who recommended it) and you read it to be kind? Generally it...

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demetermaid I have found that I'm an incredibly fast reader. No matter if I think Book A is better than Book B. The only exception I've found where I'm a slow reader is when I'm trying to take in a Thomas Pynchon novel. ;-) I can get through Entertainment Weekly, cover...

19 May 10

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Are you an ecletic reader?

chulce @chulce (1537) • United States 12 May 10

For many people they have a certain genre of books that they typically like to read. For other it may be more than one. For some like me, it just depends on what catches their interest. I read from a wide range of different...

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demetermaid Literature is my escapism. I worked at two different bookstores for a combined total of 5 years - the written word is my drug of choice. I recently started reading "Tell All" by Chuck Palahnuik, but I had to put it down because I knew I would be sad when I...

14 May 10

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