J. James Ross - Hell yes I'd sign a check with that

My parents gave me a wonderfully adequate name - Jeremy. It's a great, three-syllable name (when you say it right). I don't really know why they chose it; so far as I know, none of their children got names shared by other family members, except maybe middle names (I can't be the only Ross with a James, but Sarah might be the only Leonard). I suspect that they're guilty of using a baby name book. Everyone uses those though, so no worries there.

Jeremy Ross is a fine name, I like it, it's served me well. Unfortunately, it's not available as a domain name. Some other Jeremy Ross, herbalist and cool guy with an awesome name, got to it first. I tip my hat to you, sir, and bid you happiness on your domain.

Alas, where does that leave me? I want to be published as an author; I want to be awesome, and to have awesome readers who want to visit my awesome website. But when they go to JeremyRoss.com they'll just get tips about herbal remedies and alternative medicine. Useful, yes! But not what they're looking for. Worse, they may be SO engrossed in the activities of this other Jeremy Ross that they may think - GASP! - that he is the famous author, in addition to being a famous herbalist! In the end, I get no credit. Woe. Such woe.

I can't get the domain. Well I probably could buy it, but it would cost money. If I get published, and the publisher wants me to be Jeremy Ross (my preference, of course), they are free to spend as much money as they want to get that domain from the other Jeremy Ross. Right now, all I want is a paperweight - a domain that I know is mine, in my name, a name I could happily publish under.

And so, I present to you all, J. James Ross - myself! and my website, http://www.jjamesross.com/.

Let's try that out in a few contexts.
"Gypsum and Sawdust" by J. James Ross
"Styrofoam Rooftop" by J. James Ross
J. James Ross presents: "Please Be Mindful of the Gap"
"If I ever see you again" by J. James Ross

"And this one time at Band Camp" by J. James Ross
"Not Just a Cigar" by J. James Ross
"I know J. James Ross, and you, sir, are no J. James Ross"

Based on the NY Times All-Time Best-Selling Novel by Nobel Prize winning author and really swell guy Sir J. James Ross

hell, if I'm going to have the ambition to buy my own name, I might as well aim for the damn sun, right? If I ever get knighted I might go with "Sir Jeremy Ross" (still available!) because that sounds better, but no need to plan for THAT possibility yet, is there?

I may move this blog to the new location, which I'm sure is entirely possible (read: I don't know if I can do that). I might also abandon this blog entirely one day and start something new there - I don't plan to, but it's reasonably possible.

Until I have books to sell and schedules to promote, I'm just using that location to hold down my domain. It's a highly recommendable idea... if you choose to live based on the assumption that yes, eventually, someone will just put your name in the address bar and hit "go". Intentionally. Hoping to visit your site. Having assumed that it exists. Sounds really likely when you put it that way, huh?