For the Love of J!

Confession # 381
I have a fetish with "J" names.

Now, now, before you go on to judge me allow me to defend myself! First of all, allow me to clarify, I have a fetish with "J" names and not with people with "J" names. It's kind of a strange coincidence you see, for when I was younger I never did like my name. I always wanted to be named Roy (strange yes? I think so too). Then a few years ago I discovered just how wonderful I was, and thus just how wonderful my name was. A little arrogant you say? I'm Dutch, deal with it. "J" is just a wonderful letter and it makes up the most wonderful names! Except for John, I'm not a big fan of John to be quite honest. But anything else with that magnificent letter is just plain amazing! It has been my sincerest desire for some time now that, when I am older, to have my first child be given a "J" name. I'm thinking more for a boy (a name like Jason or Jace perhaps) but a girl would be just as nice. Jessica is a wonderful name, as is Jenny even! You don't hear of a lot of Jenny's do you? Too bad, it's perfectly wonderful.

Because I love to write, it is actual my devious plot that one of the characters in each of my books (and most often the main character) has a "J" name. Whether it be the brilliant Jaden Michael Stormbrother from "Predictable" or else Jason Street from "No More Stereotypes" I just have the need to show the world how wonderful these names are. Honestly though, isn't "J" such a wonderful letter? I think it's the long slender stroke that curves off into the nice little hook that makes the "J" such a wonderful thing, both to look at and to write. "J" is my love, and it's a part of my name. It makes me feel jubilant, and joyful too! Ah... it just lights up any word doesn't it?

Feel the "J", love the "J", its just that good.