So, Who is F J Euclide and why is there a web site for him?
Well, that would be me and the reason is to cut through some confusion. I was named after my father; Francis Joseph Euclide. While JR was not put on my birth certificate, I was still called Junior by some people. While I certainly adored my dad, I still did not like being called Junior.
My dad was lucky, nearly everyone called him Frank. Frank is a man-name. When I was little, they called me “Francie”; not very manly in my perception, really not a man-name. Now unless you grew up in the same time period as I did, you probably never heard of “Francis the talking mule.” If your name was Francis you heard about it from your classmates. What made it worse is that there was a series of those movies so it didn’t just blow over. There were 7…Seven Movies. I was doomed. In case you think I made this up, do a search. Here… :
As I got into high school people started to call me “Fran.” It was not as good as Frank, but better than Francie, and better than being compared to a mule; not the same as a jackass. It was a great day for me when one of my teachers decided that my middle name suited me better and I became “Joe.” I was relieved and even happy. What could be more manly and American than being a Joe. To this day, most people call me Joe.
After graduation from college, I used my initials “F. J.” cause my buddies and I thought it was very professional. The F. J. finally gave way to F. Joseph and I used that handle professionally for many years. Finally after I reached retirement age; Social Security decided that I was Francis again.
Sooooo…
My name is Francis, Junior, Joe, Francis the talking Mule, F. J., F. Joseph and Francis: Depending.
After retiring, I took up writing, among other things. The advice I took was to use a different pen name for each genre. It was easy for me as you might guess from the above choices and I still managed to avoid the names I was not too crazy about. Anyway, I am now trying to market my books and decided to move everything to one site: http://www.fjosepheuclide.com Please follow me there.
Thanks,
Joe, or FJ or F Joseph, or……