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People do things when they're desperate for money that they're not proud of. They certainly don't want to be remembered for those things. The fact that he wrote
by UncleOxidant 5y ago
People do things when they're desperate for money that they're not proud of. They certainly don't want to be remembered for those things. The fact that he wrote it under a pseudonym indicates that he didn't want to be associated with it.
- shard 5y agoWriting under a pseudonym can be seen as brand management, so that the brand of one name does not leak to the brand of another. For example, Nora Roberts, the romance novelist, uses the pseudonym J.D. Robb when writing futuristic suspense novels. It may be as you said that he doesn't want to be associated with it, or it may be that he wants to keep the brands separate.
- WalterBright 5y agoWomen also used to write under male pseudonyms in order to get published. https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/12-female-writers-who-wrote-under-male-pseudonyms/ https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/12-fem...