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Romance and Chocolate

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Why do you use a pen name?

Karin Kallmaker 04/21/2001 Business of Books, LIFE + STYLE 1 Comment

Though there are great reasons to use a pen name, mostly surrounding marketing and branding, my reason is more pragmatic: my birth name is difficult to pronounce and spell. Complicating matters is that I no longer use my birth name as I’ve taken a legal name to share with my partner and our children. Read More

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