Pen Names

Hello!

So I was looking into doing a contest (one I probably won't end up doing after all) and one of the things I required for blind judging was a pen name. I was immediately caught by the idea because I realized that I do not yet have a pen name. I immediately went onto my favourite name website, 20000-names.com and searched their German names and found my Oma's ("grandmother's") first name. She died in 2003 and I only got to meet her a handful of times. She had a very contained life, so I've tried to live my life with her in mind in the hopes that her spirit will follow me and be my guardian angel as I live the life she could never have. Because of this I decided to use her name as my pen name's first name. The surname is "Frei", the German word for "free". I'm very excited to have this name formulated, it just seems like something I can hold on to for my sake and for hers.

Anyway, that's enough of this sad talk. I may have found a place for belly dance lessons today... I'll have to see how that works out.

Bye!
~Alexandra