Using a pen name is not new, Mary Ann Evans aka George Elliot did it back in the 1800s. In 2015 Catherine Nichols also became 'George' out of frustration at the response from publishers to her new manuscript. As 'George' she got back more than eight times the number of responses she received as Catherine.
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