Nom de Plume, Pseudonym, otra nombres

Okay, so I have started a new blog “More Valuable than Bread” which is written under a different name.

My life is and always will be one that has various layers revealed to various people, with only select few knowing the whole truth. It’s just part of me, part of my life. Only recently have I accepted my own layers.

But Cierra James is a name I created years ago, while picking up ATVs some where in Dallas. While I was driving, I was thinking. Thinking about life, thinking about writing, thinking about my future. Even then I didn’t want everyone knowing all about me, what to write took years to materialize. But now that time is here.

Jim is the name of my mom’s father; my granddaddy. A wise man who lives and loves to the fullest, a man my mom admires and I do as well. He loves his wife of 63 years and still holds her hand. But my mom also loved another Jim, her mom’s father, “Pop.” He died when I was just 2 years old; yet his memory lives on through the stories my mom has told. They are both part of me. And thus the name James is to honor them and the other James and Jims that I know and knew. (James Doohan to name one)

As that decision was made, I was in Mesquite driving I-635 toward Balch Springs. Soon I drove beneath the sign Scyene Road, I liked the name the spelling and it spoke to me, but the feel was not right. Suddenly Sierra came to mind but with a C to make it softer and flow better with James. Cierra James, a soft writer, now a writer of love.

Last month a new name came into existence although the book she will write has been running through my mind for over two years now. This author’s name is Amelia Arthur. A play on words and personal history.

When I was 5, the children’s librarian asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. Confidently I answered “A mom, wife, arthur and emergency guy.” ~ I was in love with “Emergency!” That part fell apart two years later when I realized the show was nothing like real emergencies which were far more graphic.

But I stated the first three to her each summer for three summers. Not understanding the difference between “author” and “Arthur” Then a few months ago a friend, Twenty suggested I use it to my advantage as a nom de plume. Wanting to stay feminine, I quickly made into a last name. After trying several names I spied a book I read in my youth, about Amelia Earhart. Being an ex-pilot that name suited. And Amelia Arthur was born, her work “Magnolia Phoenix” will hopefully come into existence late this year.

Two planned book for two authors… life is interesting.

Love,
MJ