Actually, I feel having two distinct names is somewhat of a hindrance in general. The first one (not "Dylan Moonfire") has been around for easily fifteen years and has a bulk of my writing. It was only recently that I decided to get into the mainstream side of things and outside of what I consider is a niche market. (Then I end up writing a fantasy steam-age forensics murder mystery--I'm doomed to niches.) Mainly it was the scale. In that market, if I sold 200 books, I was near the top of the field. Kind of like writing quantum physics books where selling sixty was considered amazing.
The problem is that my other name would hinder acceptance of the new books. They are simply too far off the beaten path for cross-marketing and I think that scares publishers/agents almost as much as being an "unknown" in life.
The other problem is division of labor. When you take both names together, I've written two dozen stories and a novel every year for the last five years. I have been published 6-7 times with stories. I simply can't use any of that to try getting published with Wind, Bear, and Moon or Muddy Reflections.
There is also the problem of I like to talk about my life. And I am hesitant to talk about both names together, mainly because people start asking what I mean by my fifth novel instead of my "first novel" because then people ask me what my first four novels were. :) And why I have so much trouble getting WBM or MR published after I was already published once before.
I wouldn't recommend it though. I'm committed to continue at it, for a few more decades at least, but it really isn't the easiest on me or my mate.
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The problem is that my other name would hinder acceptance of the new books. They are simply too far off the beaten path for cross-marketing and I think that scares publishers/agents almost as much as being an "unknown" in life.
The other problem is division of labor. When you take both names together, I've written two dozen stories and a novel every year for the last five years. I have been published 6-7 times with stories. I simply can't use any of that to try getting published with Wind, Bear, and Moon or Muddy Reflections.
There is also the problem of I like to talk about my life. And I am hesitant to talk about both names together, mainly because people start asking what I mean by my fifth novel instead of my "first novel" because then people ask me what my first four novels were. :) And why I have so much trouble getting WBM or MR published after I was already published once before.
I wouldn't recommend it though. I'm committed to continue at it, for a few more decades at least, but it really isn't the easiest on me or my mate.