So many women past and present have hidden behind a male pseudonym when publishing their writing - famously, in the 1840s, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were published as Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell and more recently (1990s) Joanne Rowling was told using her initials to mask her gender would ensure better sales at a … Continue reading Reclaim Her Name – Free Ebooks?! (Edit: Link Expired)
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J. K Rowling and the Great Scandal of the Pseudonym
Oh my head. It has been completely done in by all of this fuss about Ms Rowling's latest book. All because people cannot accept the use of a pseudonym and are suspicious of how the whole situation came about! The Case of the Secret Celebrity For those unaware, the news broke last week that J K … Continue reading J. K Rowling and the Great Scandal of the Pseudonym
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