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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