I hate my name.
Mainly because there is at least one other Brandon within fifty feet of me, no matter where I go. Growin up, in a town of 325 people, with a high school of 70 students total...there were at least three other Brandons I can remember off the top of my head. And there were several more in grade school.
So, I write under B.L. Garver. And otherwise, I insist on being called by my last name. I'd prefer to stand aside from the usual rif-raf if at all possible.
Probably a little arrogant of me, but what aspiring writer wants to blend in witht he crowd?