Why I Started Using a Pen Name

And what the name means, for me and you.

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

“What’s in a name?”, Shakespeare famously asked.

The Indonesians have an answer to that: “Nama adalah doa.” It means, “a name is a prayer.” In most cases, it means your name is your parents’ prayer for you.

If they named you Isaac, they’re praying for you to be a cheerful boy, full of…