Add your pen name

Why this comes first

The first thing Write asks for thisis firstthe

Everyname seriesyou publish under. It might seem like an odd place to start, but there's a good reason: every book and bookseries in Write sitslives under a pen name, and that name is thewhat bylinegets printed on the title page. Until youthere's havea one,name to print, the New book button stays off—there would be nothing to print under the title.waits.

AddAdding the nameit

1. Open the Library. The first time in,you arrive, you'll see a card readsthat says First, the name you publish under.
2. Type the name exactly as you'd like it shouldto appear in print—M. D. Cooper, notrather than mdcooper. SpacingThe spacing and initials comeyou throughtype ashere typed.are what the title page will show.
3. Click Add pen name.

The card goes awaydisappears, and the Library is ready for your books.

MoreIf you write under more than one name

Add the one you use most now;for now. You can add the restothers canwhenever followyou at any timelike, from the Library's Manage row,row under Pen names. Each pen name keeps its own series and books, and a book takes the pen name of itswhatever series.series it belongs to.

If you publishonly underhave the one name only

You still need itto here—itenter isit—it's what the title page prints—but youthat's willthe neverlast beyou'll askedhear aboutof it again.it. New books takewill use your onlyone pen name without a choice.asking.