tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post7633693693068977117..comments2024-01-18T05:18:48.819-05:00Comments on Wombat's World <small>(a blog for writer K. A. Laity)</small>: Interviewed at UnBound / BitchBuzzK. A. Laityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05983280397279864583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-50876234321958710332010-06-09T11:23:11.399-04:002010-06-09T11:23:11.399-04:00K.A. Laity isn't a dull name (as I thought in ...K.A. Laity isn't a dull name (as I thought in listening to the i/v, too). But, greener grass. A. A. Attanasio once told me he wished he had as brief a name as mine, which is pretty generic in an Anglophone context leaning stuffy (though I've enjoyed its eldritch connotations), and Lombino eventually changed his legally to Hunter because he was haunted by anti-Italian bigotry of his youth.<br /><br />And Attanasio did employ "Adam Lee" briefly, but his publishers outed him because Attanasio sold so much better.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-25667849872597065492010-06-09T08:31:22.559-04:002010-06-09T08:31:22.559-04:00@Robert: Mmmm, bacon.
@Todd: I've always like...@Robert: Mmmm, bacon.<br /><br />@Todd: I've always liked the idea of multiple identities, perhaps because my own seems so boring and dull. Pseudonyms have the advantage of being easy to put away when you're tired of them as well. If I had the success and respect Oates does, things might be different. Alas.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-19324039329678770752010-06-08T12:23:31.390-04:002010-06-08T12:23:31.390-04:00bacon?... aloysius draws very prettily, too, but o...bacon?... aloysius draws very prettily, too, but of course he's rather more modern.<br />rAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-27711918294916652782010-06-08T10:47:51.664-04:002010-06-08T10:47:51.664-04:00A good interview...the relationship between your M...A good interview...the relationship between your MK and the older name-inspiration is Indeed tenuous...I also enjoyed the fact that you two had to triumph over "Easy Lover," one of the most anti-female pop hits of the '80s, toward the end of the i/v. (Catchy tune till you listen to what they're blathering about.)<br /><br />Too much splintering by pseud seems like it would be counterproductive, but for every Kate Wilhelm or Joyce Carol Oates writing whatever they damned well please, and even Oates hiding behind Pilcher, there's at least one Salvatore Lombino/Evan Hunter/Ed McBain/Richard Marsten/etc.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-14631818970687273472010-06-05T12:46:35.460-04:002010-06-05T12:46:35.460-04:00Indeed -- especially traditional English bacon! Th...Indeed -- especially traditional English bacon! The best.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944798.post-25862427077796926532010-06-04T14:57:35.148-04:002010-06-04T14:57:35.148-04:00mmmmm bacon.mmmmm bacon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com