Google Plus, Authorship and Pseudonyms

[Ms Naughty]

The last couple of months I've been trying to get up to speed on Google's algorithm and authorship kept coming up.

This article goes into it well:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jayson...b_2831249.html

It seems to me that people with their names and pictures next to articles are doing well in search. So, I thought, I guess I need a Google Plus profile.

Thing is, after the Nymwars when they announced they wanted real names in 2011 - and Google was deleting entire accounts when people couldn't verify their name, I backed away slowly. Now, it seems, we've got no choice but to have a Google+ profile if we want to appear in search results.

I decided I'd create a fresh Google+ account, not linked to any of the services I actually use, and ask them to verify my pseudonym, Ms. Naughty.

They've rejected me 3 times. Even though on the third go I wrote this long page:
http://www.msnaughty.com/googleplus/
I gave them 17 separate examples of my pseudonym being used, including in 3 printed books and at 1 academic conference.

They sent me back exactly the same form letter:

Hello,

After reviewing your appeal, we have determined that your name does not comply with the Google+ Names Policy.

We want users to be able to find each other using the name they already use with their friends, family, and coworkers. For most people this is their legal name, or some variant of it, but we recognize that this isn't always the case, and we allow for other common names in Google+ --- specifically, those that represent an individual with an established online identity with a meaningful following. If you haven't already done so, you can provide us with additional information regarding an established identity by re-submitting an appeal that includes references to where you are known by this name either in online or offline settings.

Note that if you're trying to set up a page for a business, band, group, or other organization, please sign up with your own name and then create a Google+ Page. If you're trying to add an alternate name (such as a nickname, maiden name or name in another script), please sign up with your full name; you can add this alternate name (which will appear alongside your full name) once you've signed up.

You may re-appeal with additional information, if you have not already done so. If you're already using Google+, your current name will continue to be used.

The Google+ team.

I have no idea how you prove you have a "meaningful following" to Google, if 17 separate examples aren't enough. I suspect I'm rejected simply because I'm up front about my porn.

Has anyone tried anything similar?