About Me — Pierce McIntyre/Buddy Gott

A little bit about me — well, the ‘me’ I was when I wrote it in 2021

Image source: the author

Hello! My name is Pierce McIntyre and I’ve been writing stories on Medium since the end of June 2021.

When I first signed up for Medium, I expected to maybe write one or two stories a month, but it’s now the middle of August and I’ve already written and published over 20 of them. I’m currently working on ideas I have for the next 10 (or so) stories I’m going to be doing on here.

So, yes, I’ve definitely found writing on Medium to be an addicting thing!

A little bit about me…well, first of all, I’ve been lying to you so far. Pierce McIntyre is not my real name. It’s my pen name. It was inspired by these two guys:

Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre of the television series M*A*S*H. Image source: 20th Television

On the left is Hawkeye Pierce (played by Alan Alda) and on the right is Trapper John McIntyre (played by Wayne Rogers.) They were both characters on the television series M*A*S*H, which is one of my favorite series ever.

So, why do I use a pen name? Well, most of all, I think it’s kind of fun to be Pierce McIntyre in public, but then be a different person in…