What are your thoughts on pen names? I want to use one because my real name is PAINFULLY common, and I have one I kinda like, but I'm worried that other people might not think it's good

Hello there, writerly friend~ ♥︎

I like pen names— I mean, I kind of use one c; That’s right, my name is not actually M. Kirin (though Max is my real first name).

When I decided to start publishing my books I had to make a choice as to what name I would release them under. I chose to use a pseudonym because of reasons similar to yours, actually. I am originally from Mexico, and thus I have not one buttwo last names, which is kind of an eye-sore and proved to be really problematic when designing...