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Originally Posted by James_Wilde
Just as a matter of interest, how do you know in advance the success or otherwise of the books, on which your choice of name would depend? Or are you talking about disowning an unsuccessful book: 'gee, that one didn't sell well; I'll attrribute it to Hortense Worpleburg instead.'
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Not a wholly bad idea that I have advanced before.
Each book in succession will have a different Pseudonym until finally (hopefully) you have a success. Then you go with that name.
If you wish, at a later date when you have a bit of a following, you might introduce them to some of your earlier works and those pseudonyms, but very carefully.
I would call this the "
avoiding the albatross ploy."