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In response to "If she's always written under that alias your argument doesn't hold water. -- nm" by .

It's the "I sought privacy by drawing attention to myself" argument that doesn't hold water.

Posted by Max Oct 3 '16, 14:03

Being mysterious about your identity is drawing attention to yourself. The BBC interview this morning discussed how the author and publisher even taunted that they would be lying about some aspects of the author's life. That's a waving cape in front of the journalist bulls.

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And would you put the whole truth in a fake bio if you wanted to remain to remain private? -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:21 2
- no, I *would not create a bio* if I wanted to remain private. -- nm - Max Oct 3, 14:27 1
  - In all probability the publisher did it because it's expected and not having one would be more of note. -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:38
Is there a link to that interview? -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:14 2
- It was on BBC radio, played over WAMU.org this morning - see if they have an archive. -- (link) - Max Oct 3, 14:18 1
  - this partially , the journo reasoning does him no favors.. -- (link) - . Oct 3, 14:29
Then by your reasoning maybe she wanted an excuse to retire from writing. -- nm - . Oct 3, 14:10

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It's the "I sought privacy by drawing attention to myself" argument that doesn't hold water.

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