Dear Jane …
Use your middle name if you want to. Lots of authors do. But here are some things to consider: Fewer names can be easier for readers to remember. Fewer names can be easier to use as social media handles. And this biggie: A shorter name can be set larger on your book cover, which will make your name easier to read on tiny thumbnail images wherever your book cover would appear online.
Happy writing!
The Editor
The Editor, Deborah Halverson, has been editing books for thirty years and specializes in picture books, Middle Grade/Young Adult fiction and nonfiction, and New Adult fiction. For her editorial guidance in making your manuscript ready for submission to agents and publishers or for self-publishing, click Editorial services. Learn more in her books: Writing Young Adult Fiction for Dummies and Writing New Adult Fiction
