Thursday, June 02, 2016

Wherein One Gets Confused

Okay, so I guess I need to make something clear. I have a very common name.

There are famous people who have the same name I do.

There are other authors with my same name.

If you google 'Rebecca Blake', it's highly unlikely I'll be on the list.

Currently, I have no books of any kind for sale. If you see a book to buy and it says 'Rebecca Blake' is the author, I didn't write it.

If I finally decide to publish or republish I'll dedicate some space to it on this website. That will avoid confusion, one can only hope. I know I talk about writing a lot, after all, it is my hobby and it's not anything fantastically farfetched to like to talk about one's hobbies.

Online identity crisis happens all the time. In this day and age of internet pellapallooza people get crossed signals and mix up who is who. No one is to blame for it, it just is.

I gave a great deal of thought as to whether to do something to make my name slightly more distinctive. But is there any such thing? I'd have to rename myself something like 'Wild Flower of the Ocean', but I'm just not feeling it.

I've tossed around the idea of using 'Rebecca W. Blake' to avoid some bewilderment. I haven't decided just yet.

I am who I am and what I am is one of the masses. Regular person about town doing regular stuff. So if I have a regular name, I guess that fits.

Edit: there are now books I have published. Look at the published works page to see which ones are actually written by me.