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    :monster: Acclaimed crime novelist "Robert Galbraith" revealed to be pseudonym of J. K. Rowling

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    Pretty impressive how they managed to keep that one quiet in this day and age.
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    I read this yesterday and could not stop laughing.

    Must feel pretty good to be two acclaimed authors.

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    This is kind of impressive!

    I totally understand why she did it. As was said in the article, it has to be a lot of pressure to live up to your own name like that. And also being seen as a "children's author." I haven't read Casual Vacancy yet, but I've heard it's not very good. I can't make a judgment, but I expect that some people didn't like it because it was so different than Harry Potter.
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    Pretty cool how they figured it out too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs View Post
    This is kind of impressive!

    I totally understand why she did it. As was said in the article, it has to be a lot of pressure to live up to your own name like that. And also being seen as a "children's author." I haven't read Casual Vacancy yet, but I've heard it's not very good. I can't make a judgment, but I expect that some people didn't like it because it was so different than Harry Potter.
    Yeah pretty much that.

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    One of the editors where I work has said she was submitted this but turned it down. A shame but hindsight is 20/20 of course.
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    They were able to figure that out just by running her book through a computer program? That's impressive.

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    This is actually really cool, I wouldn't mind reading more of her books.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cim View Post
    This is actually really cool, I wouldn't mind reading more of her books.
    She wrote a few about some lad who could do magic tricks a while back


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    This just in: Roald Dahl still alive and revealed to be writing under the pseudonyms "Robert Galbraith" and "JK Rowling"!

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    Quote Originally Posted by charliepanayi View Post
    One of the editors where I work has said she was submitted this but turned it down. A shame but hindsight is 20/20 of course.
    I have read this too and am not surprised because getting published is 1% talent, 2% perseverance, 6% connections and 91% sheer dumb luck

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