A little help please

[Tariel]

Here's my problem: I am in the planning stages of writing what I kind of hope will someday be a published book. The only problem is that right now it seems that the name that work best for the main character is my real name. It is a very common name.

I wonder if it would be too awkward for a character to have my real name, if people would think that I am trying to insert myself into the story. The story is in first person narration, so this could be a larger danger, but the character has some personal issues in this story that I really would not want people thinking I have.

For a majority of the story she does not go by her real name, but one character uses it all the time, and her name is part of a major theme in this story.

Any thoughts? All opinions are welcome.

 

[Lycana]

I would suggest you keep the name for the character and if you like, make up a penname for yourself.

 

[Lubiana]

You could use your initials in the "author" name, like C.J. Cherryh.

 

[Tariel]

true...the publishing part wouldn't be for another few years. I'm gonna use the name I want to use and deal with issues like that later