I think, due to the overwhelming popularity/influence of Faulkner, that to use this name for writing is suicide. What do you think of pen names? Are they necessary? I have been toying with this idea for a long time. I like the name Della because it was my favorite, departed grandmother's name. Not sure about the last name. This pen name is the name I had wanted to name the elusive third child, the one my husband wouldn't let me have. And now I have no uterus, so I really can not have this third child. I do, however, find myself happy to report that I no longer have said husband.
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