Why I Killed My Pen Name After 12 Months of Writing Online

This is something I never expected to write when I started.

Is this picture a metaphor for walking away from my pen name and embracing my real name? I don’t know, but I’ll take it! (Images by author)

Over the last twelve months, I published all of my content under the pen name Leo Sharp. Hundreds of blog posts, newsletters, and comments — all of these things carry the badge of my online persona.