What one gal I know has done is to use her maiden name as her middle name for her bylines - she figures another couple of months will allow her to drop it altogether.
I goofed, plain and simple. However, it doesn't bother my husband in the least, and as a stay at home mom I can't justify the time and money it would take for me to get rid of the stupid little hyphen in my name.
If someone is that bent out of shape about it I will be more than happy to change it, providing that person pays the bill. I doubt that will happen.
:-)
Could you imagine me with two first names though, and a double-barrelled second name? Signing a cheque would be like writing a thesis! *LOL*
Maybe I should just use my Gregg shorthand for those things, and become like The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, and use a squiggle! *LOL*