Answer to "Why did you choose to use a pen name?"

A writer on Facebook asked me why I chose to use a pen name. While writers chose to write under a pen name for a myriad of reasons, I did so for a personal one.

My great grandmother won a national award for her writing and my grandma also wrote. If it weren't for reading my first romance novel at her house, I may never have fallen in love with this genre.

My pen name is an ode to her. Circlet of Orchids