The point of having a pen name…

I decided a long time ago if I started selling books, I wanted a pen name.  I went through some really ridiculous ones when I was still in the ‘thinking about writing’ for a living phase.  Or at least they seemed ridiculous for a while.  There are some names now, I swear, they make me scratch my head and wonder… what in the world…

Anyway, I picked a pen name because I wanted privacy.  I didn’t necessarily want everybody and their brother knowing what I did for a living.  If I want them to know, I