: Re: What should I know to better decide which of my names to conceal/abbreviate/elaborate/modify/invent for signing my writing? Having read about how J. K. Rowling names were chosen/created: "Fearing

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I don't think that gender and middle names are a very big deal these days. Some of the biggest bestsellers have been written by females (with distinctly female names), and I doubt that there's much of a bias. Same goes for middle names - most book covers don't even mention them.

I suppose if you are writing a ridiculously sappy, romantic novel about angsty teenagers who sparkle, you may want to conceal your gender if you were male, but that would be more to save your own pride rather than get published.

As always, I would say the key is good writing, not gender or name.

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