What's in a name . . .
People ask me why I've written under so many names. Here's the explanation:
My first book was out in 1994. At that time, I wrote historicals as Linda Winstead. I wrote pretty fast, though, and my publisher didn't want to put out more than 2 books a year under a name, so I went to Linda Jones for the fairy tale romances. When I went to Harlequin, they wanted Linda Winstead Jones. Sure, why not? I sold a series to yet another publisher, and my agent suggested that I take a pseudonym for those books. Linda Devlin was born. But they closed the line those books were a part of, printed just a few copies of the last Linda Devlin book, and I was asked to take yet another pseudonym for the next trilogy. Linda Fallon. BTW, for the Ballantine books I write with Linda Howard, I'm back to Linda Jones.
So, now I'm self-publishing some backlist, and -- what a mess! Who am I? :-) Linda Jones writing as Linda Devlin. I'm about to get started preparing the Linda Fallon books. Who am I? Linda Winstead Jones Devlin Fallon would be terribly unwieldy on a book cover. There are other Linda Joneses out there, and now and then I run across a book listed as mine when it's not. I don't want the credit OR the blame for someone else's work. :-) So, as I have the covers designed for the Linda Fallon books, again -- who am I? Linda Jones writing as Linda Fallon? Linda Winstead Jones writing as Linda Fallon? Should I take yet another name? (just kidding -- no way!)
At least I am always . . .
Linda
My first book was out in 1994. At that time, I wrote historicals as Linda Winstead. I wrote pretty fast, though, and my publisher didn't want to put out more than 2 books a year under a name, so I went to Linda Jones for the fairy tale romances. When I went to Harlequin, they wanted Linda Winstead Jones. Sure, why not? I sold a series to yet another publisher, and my agent suggested that I take a pseudonym for those books. Linda Devlin was born. But they closed the line those books were a part of, printed just a few copies of the last Linda Devlin book, and I was asked to take yet another pseudonym for the next trilogy. Linda Fallon. BTW, for the Ballantine books I write with Linda Howard, I'm back to Linda Jones.
So, now I'm self-publishing some backlist, and -- what a mess! Who am I? :-) Linda Jones writing as Linda Devlin. I'm about to get started preparing the Linda Fallon books. Who am I? Linda Winstead Jones Devlin Fallon would be terribly unwieldy on a book cover. There are other Linda Joneses out there, and now and then I run across a book listed as mine when it's not. I don't want the credit OR the blame for someone else's work. :-) So, as I have the covers designed for the Linda Fallon books, again -- who am I? Linda Jones writing as Linda Fallon? Linda Winstead Jones writing as Linda Fallon? Should I take yet another name? (just kidding -- no way!)
At least I am always . . .
Linda
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May 17, 2012 02:39PM
You can be any of the Linda's you want as long as you're the Linda Jones that wrote "Blood Born" with Linda Howard. I love that book and can't wait for the sequel! :)
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Thanks, Gwen. I'm afraid there will be a wait for the sequel. :-( The publisher doesn't want it, at least not right now. We're doing something else, for now, but I so want to write Warrior Rising one day! Check us out at the Linda Howard/Linda Jones page on facebook, if you'd like to see more about what's coming next! Mostly we talk about coffee, food, and dogs, but occasionally books will get a mention. :-)
Hopefully the publisher will want it in the future. That's a great title. I shall look out for you guys next offering. Thanks for answering! God Bless! :)
