Is it a throwback to when we were kids and wanted to be
someone else (I know some people who still want to be someone else), or is it
because our real names never seem to have the panache that celebrity names have
(we all know most of those are made up anyway)?
Maybe they provide an outlet for our alter ego, or give us access to a
life we don’t believe we can live. Whatever it is, and whatever they are, the use of a pen name/pseudonym is very much a personal choice.