Depression
I don't know if it was the end of NaNoWriMo or the beginning of December that did it to me. Maybe it was just not getting enough sleep last night. I was so depressed this morning when I woke up! I was so depressed I had to go back to bed and I hardly ever get that bad off. I'm going to have to ask my daughter to share that St. John's Wort I bought for her. I cannot believe these depressions are happening to me - that is so atypical! Today wasn't the first day - it was only the worst. After taking that nap I felt much better.One thing that is contributing to my depression - is that last night I started getting a sense that I should change my name (again!) and I don't want to. My birth name is Linda Jo Martin and that's what I want to use, but since I write middle grade novels and since there's already a Linda Sue Park doing that and winning awards like the Newbery Medal, I wonder if that wouldn't be one too many Lindas using a middle name if I did it too.
I fully understand why Linda Sue Park uses her middle name for writing - probably for the same reason I decided to do it before I'd ever heard of her. You see, Linda is a very common name. During the year I was born (1952) the two most popular girl's names were Linda and Mary. Consequently there are dozens of Linda Martins around, and I'll bet there's lots of Linda Parks too. Having the Jo in there not only looks kinda cute - it helps to distinguish me from lots of other Linda Martins.
Anyhow, I was thinking about this last night and I guess I've decided - since I'm getting into this later than her, I'll change my name to something similar.. like Jolinda Martin. I always liked that name anyhow... but name changing is just so inconvenient.. like what about this website?? sheesh...
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