What’s in a name?
I find it fun to learn why authors, writers, photographers, actors, actresses, use a pen name and why they chose the one they did.
Yes, Emi J. Gayle is a pen name, made from three names. In fact (as my daughters like to say) the name was going to be Emi Gayle which is a combination of my daughters whom we often call “EmiGayle” and “Abily”, but the ‘J’ of the name specifically asked why he wasn’t a part of it.
Thus, I became Emi J. Gayle instead and here is why:
![Emily](https://www.emigayle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Emily.jpg)
![Joseph](https://www.emigayle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Joseph.jpg)
![Abby](https://www.emigayle.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Abby.jpg)