I can understand the urge to blog under a pseudonym to protect your privacy and avoid job-related hassles, but when you reach a point where you're fielding speaking offers and press calls, you have to make a choice. You can either bask in the Sally Field "you really like me!" glow of mainstream media coverage, thus inspiring more people to seek your name and background, or turn away the press and do everything in your power to become a less-interesting blogger.
So, for grins and giggles I decided to see how fast I could uncover the real names of the some of Kos' top writers. Keep in mind most of these probably aren't really trying to be anonymous. But then Armando claims to have been anonymous and I found him easily as well.
McJoan took literally 1 minute. I searched on "McJoan NPR Kos" on Google and found this.
Darksyde was simple as well (and, again, probably not hiding his identity at all).I gave up on Pontificator after 5 minutes.
SusanG, 30 seconds.
Georgia10, 15 seconds.
I used these 5 names because they appeared on Wikipedia as a notable contributor.
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