I need your advice.
A friend of mine is designing a website for my writing career. On the website I will post links to articles I have written on-line, a sample of my technical writing, a sample of one of the personal essays I write, like the one I did for my friend's 75th birthday, the link to the sermon I preached. I need to write a bio. There will be a link to this blog too. I intend to include the website on new business cards.

My question is about my name.
I doubt I will use my current last name forever. I kept my married name so that my kids & I would have the same last name. Besides, I hate the hassle of changing everything. Another strike against my last name is that there is a famous writer whose last name is almost the same as mine. I've had a couple people ask me if that was me. (I wish!) So I've been thinking about a pseudonym. My maiden name seems boring. Construction Girl isn't a name. So I was thinking about a variation on my stripper name: Smokey Kingsfield. I like Kingsfield. My initials are A.M. I could be A.M. Kingsfield - which sounds like a completely different personality than Smokey. A.M. Kingsfield sounds like she'd be perky in the morning. Smokey Kingsfield sounds either like she would have a voice like Kathleen Turner or possible be a bear. Who would you be more likely to hire?

A follow-up question I have about Smokey is - how much do I have to use that name? Do I introduce myself as Smokey? My website designer has made a preliminary sight based on that name that looks fantastic. I love it. But all the article links will refer to my regular name. I am going to a networking breakfast where we pass out our business cards and hopefully make referrals for each other. Should I put "Smokey" on the inescapable adhesive name tag?

I've never used a pen name and have so many questions. I am open to your advice.