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If you get back to fiction, don't forget to use a pen-name. You never know when a dictator, a cult leader, or a social justice warrior on the other side of the
by dsign 4y ago
If you get back to fiction, don't forget to use a pen-name. You never know when a dictator, a cult leader, or a social justice warrior on the other side of the planet will find your writing not to their image of the world, and come for you.
- gavinhoward 4y agoThat is good advice for most people. However, as much as I'm usually cautious, I cannot feel good hiding behind a pseudonym. This is personal, though; there's nothing wrong with it. But for me, I don't want to hide from the consequences of what I say even if those consequences are stupid and unjust. Hence, why you see my real name here on HN.