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What does it say that JK Rowlings pseudonym was rejected by several publishers? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/bo...
— Jul 15, 2013 11:03AM
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Jul 15, 2013 12:54PM
That her name sells more books than her actual writing abilities. The HP books are popular for many reasons, but stellar writing quality isn't one of them.
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The remaining treatment to run is a HP book with JK Rowling's name on the cover but ghostwritten by Thomas Pynchon #ConfirmationBias
If they had just kept the secret a bit longer, someone somewhere might have learned something.
i guess it says that even published writers are capable of experiencing the usual publishing path of rejection - thanks but this just isn't right for us. good luck. - by many who hope for acceptance of their work(s) from a publishing house. i think people seem to be forgetting how many rejections rowling received for potter before it was finally accepted. i actually feel badly that she couldn't write for longer under the pseudonym, before being discovered. i can't imagine the pressures - both internal and external - that come from being jk rowling. it probably felt nice for her to just be coasting under the radar as galbraith. and it's not like author pseudonyms are a new thing.
