Wellywood Woman

Mya Kagan at work Women writers have  often  used male pseudonyms. There are the Bronte sisters of course; and more recently the writer known as James Chartrand , of the Men With Pens website. But as far as I know, Mya Kagan’s the first scriptwriter to submit her work under a man’s name (which of course she hasn’t revealed, referring to him only as ‘Max’). Her project is also different from other uses of pen names. She doesn't  simply send out her work under a pseudonym;  she uses t he new pen name to re-submit previously rejected work, to see if there will be any different response . She documents the experience in Submitting Like a Man (SLAM) .   Mya’s based in Brooklyn New York and her description of herself  charms me and reminds me a little of another New York filmmaker and webseries writer, Anne Flournoy– [Her] work is known for being a spiky blend of smart, lively, deliciously absurd, and wildly entertaining.   Mya's main sp...