So many aliases. I'm Jo (Bennett). I'm Jo Ballantyne, I'm Kit MacKenzie and I'm kitty Le Roy.
I started out as Jo Bennett. As a teenager I became fascinated in the wild west - some of my family went west during the 1890s. As my interest evolved I became even more fascinated by the feisty, gritty women who took on traditionally male roles. Later on in life I began to emulate a western woman and donned cowgirl kit, including a holster and Colt revolver. I accumulated more western kit including a Bowie knife and Winchester rifle. I loved it! Finally, after I met hubby, I decided I needed a western handle/alias. I became Kitty Le Roy, a factual well armed wild west woman who gambled and shot dead husband number five. She'll do, I thought, I'll be Kitty. Kitty was also my paternal granny, who was a lot like me. Since those early days I've discovered numerous other wild west women, but Kitty kind of stuck.
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| KITTY LE ROY PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER & JC (JACK COLTRANE) AT WILD WEST LIVING HISTORY CAMP |
In order to speed up the story, I'll jump to Kit MacKenzie.
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My novel Alias Jeannie Delaney is close to being published on Amazon. I reached the point of requiring an editor. I decided I wanted a pen name. The story contains adult juicy bits so I decided on Kit for my first name, then, upon intensive Google browsing, discovered Mackenzie as a surname. The only other Kit Mackenzie was a male cinematographer, so that was a safe bet. I didn't want to choose a name owned already by another writer.
My third handle is Jo Ballantyne. A while ago I had decided that I'd love an artist brand/identity. I like my name Jo, and because this blog name is Jo B Creative (the B from Bennett), I chose Ballantyne because I like the name a lot and kept returning to it. Again I checked on other Jo Ballantynes and discovered Jo Ballantyne, make up artist. That's okay then.
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| PLASTER SCULPTURE |
So there we have it.
Throughout my life I've had different identities. Wild west woman, hippy artist, rock chick. Steampunk and Goth. I like them all in different degrees, but as I've grown older, wild west, rock and Goth have gained a hold. Yo girl!
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| GOTH! |
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| STEAMPUNKING! |
I donned black lipstick for Halloween last year and really liked it, and because steampunk has grabbed us - me and hubby - I'm tempted to wear it all the time. Maybe I'll just stick to metal adorned leather bracelets and choker.
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| HALLOWEEN! |
Who knows what's next? I can change with the wind.
Before I go, here's the link to Alias Jeannie Delaney - Book 1 - Go West, girl! on Amazon, which has two five star reviews from Booksprout and excellent reviews from my readers:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alias-Jeannie-Delaney/dp/B0CD2VDHCT/
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