While the reports of JK Rowling's most recent title, A Cuckoo's Calling, made headlines for a day or so, the posts and reviews of her not - well - received book prior to that one, A Casual Vacancy, went on for weeks, leading many to speculate that it was the reason she opted to publish
under a pen name for her latest work.
If you write
under a pen name for any reason, you can link the copyrights to it.
I also wanted to let you know that I've listed in a special category, the trainings I've used to help me rebrand
myself under a pen name for my fiction series.
Not exact matches
Under this
pen -
name he is an occasional writer
for the daily internet publication The American Thinker.
She has written
for various national publications and enjoys writing clean romance novels
under her
pen name Lucy McConnell.
Fang Shimin,
under the
pen name Fang Zhouzi, has been publicizing allegations of academic fraud and questionable medical claims on his Web site New Threads
for about a decade.
The dark, convoluted, spiraling story of a Mexican and American investigator battling
for dominance in a corrupt, gritty little border town was based on the novel «Badge of Evil» written by American authors Robert Allison Wade and H. Bill Miller, who published their work
under the
pen name of Whit Masterson.
Mark Zanger is a food reporter
for the Boston Phoenix, where he writes
under the
pen name Robert Nadeau.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 — September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known
for his children's books written
under the
pen name Dr. Seuss.
It was written
under a
pen -
name, and
for various contractual reasons I wasn't allowed to admit to being the author.
It seems easier to have it
under one
pen name for promotional purposes but just wondering how it would be viewed if you had
penned books in different niches
under the same
pen name.
Then he put up the titles
for sale
under two
pen names: Luke Ethan and Jason Godwin.
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author, Julianna Baggott - who also writes
under the
pen names Bridget Asher (The Provence Cure
for the Brokenhearted) and N.E. Bode (The Anybodies)- has published 17 books, including novels
for adults, younger readers, and collections of poetry.
Throughout history woman writers have been making a
name for themselves, some writing
under male
pen names to get their work published.
Never one
for staying inside a single box
for long, he also writes smart stories
for children
under the
pen name Guy Incognito, and laugh out loud comedies which are absolutely not
for children.
For the last few decades, unless a writer wrote
under many
pen names, we were forced by the market to write fewer books per year.
At the end of the day, putting it out there and getting feedback, even
under a
pen name, or on a free community site will do a lot more
for you than keeping it locked away in your cupboard.
If you are the agent
for the author or write
under a
pen name, please note that on the form so there is no confusion as to who the author is.
Walsky, who publishes
under the
pen -
name Chele Pedersen Smith, is known
for the romantic spy mystery, Behind Frenemy Lines, and a collection of mini-miracles, The Pearly Gates Phone Company.
For this article, I will use a real example: a fiction series I am writing
under a
pen name.
I make a very nice income ghostwriting fiction
for clients, and also selling my own short fiction
under various genre
pen names.
Karen Smith, who
penned Dark Dealings
under the pseudonym K. Victoria Smith, just felt that her given
name was a little too commonplace
for an author of urban fantasy, proven by the fact that she was one of twenty - three employees in her company with that
name.
As
for his
pen names, again I was probably too ambiguous: Richard Bachman was killed off with «cancer of the pseudonym» as the cause of death and then later revived
for a later novel, and King has collaborated
under anonymous authorship on other works.
Heiny has taken a circuitious route to her first novel: She had a short story published in The New Yorker when she was only 25, wrote 25 young adult novels
under a
pen name and then didn't write
for almost a decade after the birth of her first child.
Clemens,
under the
pen name Mark Twain, was known
for his short stories and comic lectures.
Meanwhile, Hachette titles are going without preorder capabilities on Amazon and without being discounted by the retailer — tactics that have hurt sales
for potential hits such as J.K. Rowling's The Silkworm (written
under pen name Robert Galbraith) and cut into Hachette's bottom line.
In September 2014, I won WRiTE CLUB 2014, a flash fiction contest in which participants submit 500 - word pieces anonymously (
under a
pen name) and the audience votes
for their favorites.
For my sweet romance
pen -
name, I'm sharing a picture a day on Facebook
under an avatar profile.
She writes
under her own
name and
under pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode — most notably, The Provence Cure
for the Brokenhearted, and,
for younger readers, The Anybodies Trilogy and The Prince of Fenway Park.
For business reasons, I currently write
under one
pen name other than my own.
, a little spoof relationship counselling guide (
penned under the
name Professor, I M Osolohmio), which I wrote as a Konrath Challenge to write, edit, format and create a cover
for an ebook in eight hours.
Originally released in 1962
under a
pen name, Borderline (Hard Case Crime / Titan Books — 2014) is a steamy tale of sex, violence, and deception as its four central characters move individually,
for their own troubling reasons, back and forth across the Rio Grande separating El Paso from Ciudad Juárez.
Most are from my backlist; two, (Kith and Kill # 15 Rafferty and The Egg Factory, a standalone medical suspense), are original to Kindle, as are A Mix of Six (a collection of six short - short stories), and one short non-fiction guide to kindle formatting (How to eFormat Your Novel
For Amazon's Kindle: A Short But Comprehensive A-Z Guide), palmistry guides: Palmistry Pointers
For Writers and Palmistry Pointers
For Lovers (both written
under the
pen name of Gennifer Dooley - Hart), So You Want to Get a Partner?
I was surprised, going through my old stuff, to find that I had a story where the conclusion was much the same as his, (though I was young and therefore the story is published
under Sylvia Haute, the
pen name reserved
for my Juvenilia.)
The real surprise
for me was a Christmas short story I wrote
under another
pen name — it sold loads!
However, in a week or two, I will try one
under a
pen name that wouldn't likely benefit from Expanded Distribution, then I'll know
for sure.
Pen names exist
for a reason, and there are plenty of authors out there writing in multiple genres
under multiple
pen names and making diversity work
for them.
Denise writes best - selling novels
for adults
under the
pen name Aimee Alexander.
In addition to her novels
for adults, Baggott has published seven novels
for younger readers and teens, including award - winners,
under her own
name and
pen name N.E. Bode.
A different
pen name under which to write may be appropriate
for each genre.
However, if you only publish two others as a publisher, such as books written by your
pen name and by your real
name, then you won't achieve the anonymity that is the primary motivation
for some authors to write
under a
pen name.
In the future we may support the ability
for you to manage multiple
pen names under a single non-publisher account.
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For Writers, The Publishing Business, The Writing Life Tagged With: Ann Patchett, Anne Gallagher, author branding, D. G. Sandru, Dean Wesley Smith, J. K. Rowling, Justin Cronin, Mary Sisson, pseudonym, Robynne Rand, The Daily Show, The Passive Voice, Tom Simon, using a
pen name
Bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith has written more than 90 popular novels and well over 100 published short stories.He writes
under many
pen names and has also ghosted
for a number of top bestselling writers as well as writing comics and Hollywood film scripts [check out Wiki bio
for his many works].
For years now we've been enjoying manga adaptations of the popular Legend of Zelda series thanks to Akira Himekawa, a pair of talented manga artists who work
under a singular
pen name.
Recently, a scientist
named Jagadish Shukla
penned a letter to the White House asking that fossil fuel companies be investigated
under anti-racketeering laws
for funding disinformation campaigns about global warming (a campaign we know they did and have continued to do).
Spending on health services
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples has been slashed in the Federal Budget, according to a health policy analyst who writes
under the
pen name of «William Foggin».
1988 Ann Landers Eppie Lederer, who wrote
under the
pen name Ann Landers, was considered responsible
for making the advice column a modern phenomenon.
Instead of being a book editor in New York City or London (my original plan), I taught English
for five years to pay off my student loans and I'm now a full - time writer of memoir and post-apocalyptic fiction (
under a
pen name).