My husband wrote a book when his mother died a few years ago, a sort of autobiographical reflection about growing up. I still haven’t read it. I’m a YouTuber and I’m pretty sure no one I know is subscribed to my channel or even watches my videos regularly. And if anyone I know does watch them and tells me that they’ve watched one I feel all cringey and embarrassed. Oh and I love the name Miaoulis - but I’m a mad cat person and I just see the miaou part. My first three initials are MEO (I have two middle names) and my cousin pointed out years ago that if I married someone whose surname started with W my full initials would be MEOW. Sadly despite getting married twice that didn’t happen 😢
Honestly the world of names is really interesting (and confusing), I don't blame you one bit! I've basically used a separate internet name (which, naturally has also changed multiple times over the years) from the very beginning. It was originally a safety thing when I was younger but as I've gotten older I've still never liked sharing my real name, hence the random fruit-based username that only came about because I couldn't think of anything better. I do really like Amber Eve as an author name though, it definitely has a good flow to it!
Amber Miaoulis is a great name! And I like your other ones. I get the pen names thing as this is me as well. My real name is Emily Bird, but when I was working in Japan and had an art exhibition, my colleague suggest I use a pen name in case my work found out (and put a stop to it!), so I tweaked my first name to my favourite colour (well, a variation of green) and used my Irish granny’s maiden name. Nobody calls me Emerald. In the meantime I have become written a book and become Emily Scott… and the name is taken! 😵💫 I’m stuck! To add to matters, my dad did a 23 and me test and discovered his biological father wasn’t his dad, so I can now be Emily Cronin. Crikey!
My husband wrote a book when his mother died a few years ago, a sort of autobiographical reflection about growing up. I still haven’t read it. I’m a YouTuber and I’m pretty sure no one I know is subscribed to my channel or even watches my videos regularly. And if anyone I know does watch them and tells me that they’ve watched one I feel all cringey and embarrassed. Oh and I love the name Miaoulis - but I’m a mad cat person and I just see the miaou part. My first three initials are MEO (I have two middle names) and my cousin pointed out years ago that if I married someone whose surname started with W my full initials would be MEOW. Sadly despite getting married twice that didn’t happen 😢
Honestly the world of names is really interesting (and confusing), I don't blame you one bit! I've basically used a separate internet name (which, naturally has also changed multiple times over the years) from the very beginning. It was originally a safety thing when I was younger but as I've gotten older I've still never liked sharing my real name, hence the random fruit-based username that only came about because I couldn't think of anything better. I do really like Amber Eve as an author name though, it definitely has a good flow to it!
Amber Miaoulis is a great name! And I like your other ones. I get the pen names thing as this is me as well. My real name is Emily Bird, but when I was working in Japan and had an art exhibition, my colleague suggest I use a pen name in case my work found out (and put a stop to it!), so I tweaked my first name to my favourite colour (well, a variation of green) and used my Irish granny’s maiden name. Nobody calls me Emerald. In the meantime I have become written a book and become Emily Scott… and the name is taken! 😵💫 I’m stuck! To add to matters, my dad did a 23 and me test and discovered his biological father wasn’t his dad, so I can now be Emily Cronin. Crikey!