Oh this made me smile. I’ve never thought of my name as literary before…But it is damn long, so long I couldn’t fit it in the allotted slots for a twitter name. Anyway, glad you were out there picking up the feminist thread I dropped with the whole name thing.

: )

True, but most people through my life have simply used Donna. Not that I mind Donna Marie! It’s just more formal sounding, right? Of course, there are things about it that I like: my grandfather often called me by Donna Marie, my sis-in-law always refers to me as Donna Marie, and if I ever get published, I may omit my last name and Donna Marie may very well be IT! lol Btw, my d-in-law’s mom is Cynthia, also called Cyn 🙂

Don’t forget Donna Marie!

Actually, my husband only called me Cynthia for those first 10 days or so. Now, in my writing life, I seem to be growing into Cynthia–or Cyn as some call me and which I like. I should have mentioned that in the post. And my grandchildren call me CC–which I like too : )

I know I have trouble changing what I call people once I’m introduced one way and it stays that way for a while. My son introduced us to Suzanne (now his wife) when they were in high school. My parents and I never called her anything else, but her family mostly calls her Suzy. Of course, my son calls her many things, but no matter how many times I hear “Suzy,” it’s not something I naturally call her.

As for me, I was called Dee by a few people many years ago, and a couple of people actually called me Don, but Donna is pretty much it 🙂

Thank you, Lily! I hope you’ll be back.