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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda
Any agent worth her salt will fight to limit those options clauses to the next book *within the same genre*. Hard to know what Rowling's actual contract said, but it wouldn't be unusual for a mystery book to be free for submission elsewhere even when an author is contractually obligated to keep her YA fantasy with its original publisher.
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There is every indication that the Galbraith project started *before* Casual Vacancy found a home. If we go back around release of Deathly Hallows in 2007, Rowling clearly said she intended to work on a mystery title and said she might use a pseudonym.
Five years is about the right timeframe for her to have written the book, have it bounce around, find a home, and get published. It also explains while Casual Vacancy and not the promised mytery was released first.
Really sad her attempt to step out from under the shadow of her reputation got shortcircuitted by a blabbermouth revealing a secret he had no right to reveal.