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As author of a memoir or autobiographical account I hope to see published, under what circumstances should I consider changing the real names to aliases?
• always?
• only when the book covers bedroom or boardroom behavior that would reflect rather badly on the actual person and you wish to avoid that occurring, and only for those specific characters?
• any time a non-public-figure real person has not authorized the author to write about them using their real name?
• never or as close to never as possible because publishers dont' like it when you change the names?
• I should cease asking you and ask an attorney or something?
I have two tomes I'm flogging. One of them includes non-mainstream sex acts that took place between me and another person, the events being central to the storyline, the real person involved probably not wishing their name associated with that behavior, so I changed the names. (Comments?) The other one involves several college professors and some heads of non-huge organizations, and they are quoted and their behaviors are central to the storyline, and their behaviors as described do not paint them in the best of light, but I did not as of yet change the names. (Comments?)
• always?
• only when the book covers bedroom or boardroom behavior that would reflect rather badly on the actual person and you wish to avoid that occurring, and only for those specific characters?
• any time a non-public-figure real person has not authorized the author to write about them using their real name?
• never or as close to never as possible because publishers dont' like it when you change the names?
• I should cease asking you and ask an attorney or something?
I have two tomes I'm flogging. One of them includes non-mainstream sex acts that took place between me and another person, the events being central to the storyline, the real person involved probably not wishing their name associated with that behavior, so I changed the names. (Comments?) The other one involves several college professors and some heads of non-huge organizations, and they are quoted and their behaviors are central to the storyline, and their behaviors as described do not paint them in the best of light, but I did not as of yet change the names. (Comments?)