On a side note, if I were to ever be published, I would use initials. Growing up in a household with my father, who won't even touch a book written by a woman unless it's a double Hugo/Nebula winner, has drilled some hard truths into my head about the prejudices of the current average male sci-fi/fantasy reader. He has two categories: bad books written by women, and marginally acceptable books written by women. The double Hugo/Nebula winners are all in the 'marginally acceptable' category. =/