JKR's nom de plume

annemehr annemehr at yahoo.com
Tue Jul 8 00:35:02 UTC 2003


Before I get going here, I can't resist giving my book preferences:
5,4,3-2,1 with a *very* small dash between the 3 and the 2.  
Whichever one I pick up and read, I'm constantly thinking, "Oh, 
yeah, I *loved* this scene!"

Anyway, on to the point.  In the RAH interview, Stephen Fry (did I 
get the name right?) assumed that naturally she would be writing 
post-Harry books under another name, and she agreed.  At first I 
thought, rats, I like her *real* name, but I can certainly think of 
reasons why she would not like to use it, especially when she's 
writing for adults.  I don't, however, think it's going to stop 
reviewers from comparing her other works to "Harry Potter" -- after 
all, they will know it's her, won't they?  Next, I worried for 
myself: if she uses another name, how will I find her books?  But of 
course, someone will post about it here! ::sigh of relief::

Suddenly, I realised who we're dealing with here: this is JK 
Rowling, the Queen of Names!  I just know she could come up with 
some really good pseudonyms for herself.  This suggests to me a 
really good game: coming up with clever noms de plume for JKR.  
Unfortunately I have no talent for this at all and couldn't come up 
with anything original.

I do think "Miranda Goshawk" would be kind of cool (not that she'd 
use that though).

Anybody else want to give it a shot?

Annemehr
appellationally challenged
  





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