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Subject:Re: What kind of names do you make up? From:Scott Miller <smiller -at- PORTAL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 10 Jun 1999 19:39:14 -0700
I usually use the real names of Trinidadian calypso singers, such as Aldwyn
Roberts (Lord Kitchener) and Slinger Francisco (the Mighty Sparrow).
However, when I worked at one company, we had a list of legal names, which
I've forgotten all of except John Valentine.
- Scott M
smiller -at- portal -dot- com
> The question: have you, as the writer, ever used your
> own name as the contact? It sure would eliminate the
> problem we all have when showing our portfolios in
> interviews.
>
