What's in a Name?
I use a pen name and I write romance novels. And, I use a pen name BECAUSE I write romance novels. :D However, this doesn't mean that I'm embarrassed about my chosen craft. Were I to be embarrassed, it would soon become tedious and even sooner that it would lose its luster (with me). I would find myself gravitating toward another genre simply because I couldn't handle the amount of stress incurred by writing what I deem embarrassing. I chose a pen name for several reasons, and one is because of the genre I write in, but is meant to save my immediate family -- not me -- from bearing the brunt of the stigma attached to romance novels. An act of kindness on my part, I think. I am no longer involved in the church or with its parishioners, but my children are, and the people there are a nosy bunch who can't help but ask how I am, what am I doing now, and exactly how far gone am I that my soul is irrevocably damned to hell. My daughter tends to be ho...