tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post7881236934973997397..comments2023-11-05T05:01:58.563-05:00Comments on Ward Six: AnonymityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-23759311293582404312007-06-28T13:44:00.000-05:002007-06-28T13:44:00.000-05:00I could out a bunch of male romance writers who wr...I could out a bunch of male romance writers who write as women for better sales. Makes book signings tricky. <BR/><BR/>Does anyone know when J.K. Rowling was identified as female? Before or after she signed her contract? Is her name not on her books on purpose? <BR/><BR/>And what's really up with that J.R Lennon dude? <BR/><BR/>Truly a dude...?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-52907701446909227942007-06-27T11:10:00.000-05:002007-06-27T11:10:00.000-05:00I think anonymity is a good thing, especially when...I think anonymity is a good thing, especially when it works to your advantage.<BR/><BR/>Digby is a woman - wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-6865998254813653292007-06-26T11:43:00.000-05:002007-06-26T11:43:00.000-05:00George Eliot was wretched--her reason should preve...George Eliot was wretched--her reason should prevent any followers! They follow anyhoo though as noted. Her reason was shame I think--Dorotea's character portrayal.bhaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00544038923263821686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-39029972380164923182007-06-25T07:22:00.000-05:002007-06-25T07:22:00.000-05:00Ha! Did you see there's a "new" Richard Bachman? ...Ha! Did you see there's a "new" Richard Bachman? I should post about it. In fact, I could write a whole dissertation on Stephen King's introductions and afterwords to his books. The general theme of them is "I had a moment of doubt, but it turns out I'm pretty marvelous after all!"<BR/><BR/>There is a recent Tiptree biography I'm curious to read...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2046663689477874544.post-1987760156218472382007-06-24T20:54:00.000-05:002007-06-24T20:54:00.000-05:00In sci-fi there is the famous case of James Tiptre...In sci-fi there is the famous case of James Tiptree, Jr., a pseudonym adopted by former CIA employee Alice Sheldon to escape gender bias in the genre (more or less). Not having "been there" during the pre-unmasking period (1967-1977), I can't really say whether it made sense or not. In the horror world there are the 1930s novels by "R.R. Ryan," famously rare (so much so that I've never seen a copy) and equally disturbed/disturbing (so I've read). "Ryan" has only recently been identified as (probably) British actor Cameron Carr, but his reasons for writing pseudonymously, and most of the details of his life, remain <I>shrouded in mystery.</I> Then there's the whole Richard Bachman thing...Burl Veneerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05625076405050108015noreply@blogger.com