I can't imagine anyone Cuban-born or of that cultural background could have that name and not understand how unbelievably common it is.
Hello? It's like me trying to TM "Maria." Not only do I have millions of Italians with the same name, there's also:
- Mexicans
- Cubans
- Puerto Ricans
- Spaniards
- Portuguese
- Brazilians
- Chileans
- Nicaraguans
- Dominicans
- and a whole host of other LA countries that have a colonial/Catholic heritage
SRSLY? @@
Might as well TM the name "John Smith" in the U.S.
edited to finish my thought.
All this time I thought you two had firstname lastname in common, but I finally found the
other
person's website and it's just the first name? OMGsupercrazy.
Oh, so it's kind of like saying "Gee, hope there's not another novelist named "Mary O'Brien."
There probably is.
Now, if she also writes mysteries like you, and both of you insist on green covers, it might be a thing.
I like how when you go to Barb's site, the most prominent picture is the cover of her new book, while on Other Lady's site, most prominent is a picture of Other Lady.
Ugh Barb, sounds like the kind of crazy that will not go away quietly, unfortunately. What a PITA.
Zenkitty, didn't we attend the same black-and-gold school?
Yes we did!
I'm gonna change my name to ElizabethTM. That queen better watch out.
Still of course since Barb does know her will defer to Barb's judgment.
I don't know if it's even looking for a fight so much as an extended stay in the Bitter Barn has warped her beyond redemption.
Even people who have met her casually and think she's nice, admit there's something a little "off" about her.
I'm wondering if she's just pissed off that she paid a patent attorney to do something that doesn't really work, and has to either blame herself for not being more savvy, or blame Barb. And who wants to blame themselves? Of course, idle speculation is kind of... not very helpful.
I'm going to change my name to TM-TM. Then I can sue
everybody.
Kee-rist. Her actual last name means "forgotten" in Italian. I sure as hell hope she doesn't want me to pay her every time I have to tell my father he forgot something. I'll be broke in 24 hours.
