Were you that weird girl (like me) who was always with a book and constantly writing story ideas down? Tabitha: I want to know what your journey has been as a writer. If I can't blend in, I may as well be who I am. Once I got over that painful grade-school desire to be anonymous, it became very freeing. When your name is "Rainbow," you never get to blend into the crowd. So after I've gotten through the "is that your real name?" phase, it becomes an asset, I think.Īnd growing up with a weird name kind of gave me permission to be different from my peers, if I wanted to be. People think I chose it myself, and then they wonder what sort of person would choose a name like "Rainbow." (Not someone who wants to be taken seriously.) I think it made my job harder at first, when I was a newspaper columnist, and I don't think it helped when I was looking for a literary agent.īut people always notice my name, and they remember it. That's an interesting question! I think my name starts out as a liability in most situations.
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