Hello from “Jane Marvel”

So where does the name “JANE MARVEL” come from anyway?  Good question since it is my name while at the same time it’s not “my” name!

Here’s the dish:  my husband’s name is Andy.  When he was born his mother (my delicious mother-in-law, Lynn) was doing her dissertation on the 17th century English poet Andrew Marvell.  So Andy’s middle name became unofficially Marvell.  Meanwhile, Mr. Andy grew up to be this crazy talented musician so when he went pro he made Marvel his professional last name.  It kind of became our second last name (and it’s our son Nick’s middle name!) – I guess it was a pretty easy decision to then name my company JANE MARVEL…

I like the fact that i have 2 last names!  When Andy and I got married i told him I’d take either of his last names as my own and he decided we would legally stay with his birth name, Saidenberg – which of course made my being a hyphenate impossible since then I’d be Jane Rosenberg-Saidenberg.  Sigh.  So I leapt straight into Saidenberg and never looked back.