Jay Bell is a Writer, Not a Baseball Player

As soon as you make your foray into the world of publishing or any other media outlet, you soon realize that your name is your product identity. Outside those that know them, nobody thinks of Stephen King as just Steve, or mentions "Liz" when talking about the Queen of England. Unfortunately, my birth name James Bell is as common as can be. Any town I've lived in, even in Germany, has included another James Bell. Since there is already an author with near enough the same name, James Scott...