Several people have asked why I have two names as an author.
There are many reasons, but I think I can explain it best if I ask you to imagine
each of my writing personae as two very different people.
Wende Dikec is my real name. As an author, she is appropriate
for all audiences. The kind of person your mother would love and you would
trust to babysit your kids. She doesn’t swear. She isn’t inappropriate. Her
books are light and funny, but with some sad moments and a powerful message, too.
Abigail Drake is my pen name. Abigail is more of a drinking
buddy, the person who is a lot of fun, but not necessarily someone you want
your kids to hang out with until they get a little older. She can be a inappropriate
at times. Not “Fifty Shades” inappropriate, but her books do have
sexual content and they are really best for an older audience. Although
Abigail’s debut novel is rated “PG 13 – spicy, sexy”, I personally would not
want a 13 year old to read her books. An 18 year old would be fine, and
possibly even a 17 year old (although my middle son is 17 and I can’t imagine
him ever reading them).
I have teenagers. I teach writing to children. I want to be
as careful as possible not to expose anyone to Abigail Drake until they are
ready. I don’t hide the fact that I’m
both Wende and Abigail, but I wouldn’t want someone to pick up one of Abigail’s
books and think it might be similar to Wende’s.
The easiest way to sum it up is to say my mother reads all
of my Wende Dikec books, but so far I’ve kept her away from Abigail. There are
some things she really doesn’t want to know, but soon I'll have no control over it. TRAVELLER will be released on
February 26, 2016, and my mom has her own Amazon account. She can buy whatever she
wants, so it’s out of my hands. I guess I’m doomed.
Can you still be grounded if you’re over forty? Wende is an
angel, but Abigail might get a time out.
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