IDENTITY CRISIS

My goal with publishing flash fiction on the internet, aside from just having fun and practicing the elements of fiction in a short and controlled space, was to create what some call a "web presence" as a writer. In case any agent or editor was curious who I was, for example, he or she would have instant access to my writing. When you Google my name, I want the first three pages to be ALL ABOUT ME AND MY STORIES!

That said, I have also, as I mentioned in the last post, begun sending out some poetry to these on-line venues. Here is the dilemma and a possible solution:

I don't necessarily want my "web presence" as a fiction writer disrupted by a bunch of poetry publications that are also in the Google mix. Therefore (here's the potential solution), I am using "Daniel Tricarico" as my by-line for the fiction and "D.L. Tricarico" as my by-line for the poetry. I'm hoping that will cause a distinction in any search engine that tries to locate my stuff. If I start to place some poems and they come up when I Google "Daniel Tricarico," I will make adjustments as necesssary.

Perhaps, for example, I will compensate by using the pen name George W. Bush. Marilyn Manson? Trini Rodriguez? Billie Jean King? Hulk Hogan? Ryan Seacrest? . . .