
A few years ago, I was invited to join the Superguy mailing list [about which more can be found here. ]
Upon reaching the third "issue", each writer is bestowed with the mantle of Author, and chooses his Authorial Persona. As my userid at that time was bookwyrm, I decided to go from book to Pen, and became Author PenDragon, wielder of the Black Pen, and the infamous NerfBatfromHell[TM].