Is he really a she or vice versa

[IvyWillcox]

Hi I am sure we all use a nom de plume on here but I was wondering how common it was for erotic authors to use a pen name of the opposite sex than what they truly are. And if anyone has noticed a benefit of perpetrating one sex over the other.

 

[sr71plt]

The first is one of those impossible to reliably gauge questions. The second (does posting as one gender over the other have benefits) is also impossible to answer, but you'll get plenty of anecdotal discussion claiming one (probably female here on Lit.) is more attracting than the other.

 

[HeyAll]

I'm 100% certain that a female author would get more private comments. Mostly from horny men wanting to chat with a horny female author.

 

[Nathan_Brazil]

Gender bender bingo!

I'm 100% certain that a female author would get more private comments. Mostly from horny men wanting to chat with a horny female author.

I have used pen names of both genders.. And I guarantee you that this is true. I've often considered combining some of them into a thread... I mean, I'd laugh, but ahem...

 

[lovecraft68]

In the pay market my female pen name sells more books that both my outright male name and my 'androgynous' name combined.

 

[Handley_Page]

Some while ago, when there was a bit of a 'spat' between a number of members (much name-calling and so on), a member reckoned that one member had a number of 'Alts' of both genders.

No names, no Pack Drill

 

[Bramblethorn]

I have used pen names of both genders.. And I guarantee you that this is true. I've often considered combining some of them into a thread... I mean, I'd laugh, but ahem...

Yeah, despite having a neutral nick and profile I still get the occasional PM from horny dudes who've read me as female.

Last one was all "wow your avatar is so sexy" so I pointed him at http://oglaf.com/8legs/ and for some reason I never heard back

 

[49greg]

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Last one was all "wow your avatar is so sexy" so I pointed him at http://oglaf.com/8legs/ and for some reason I never heard back

I'd never heard of that place, I like it! A lot!

 

[Bramblethorn]

I'd never heard of that place, I like it! A lot!

Oglaf is FANTASTIC. Makes me proud to be Australian.