Super trope-r: When writing romance is your bit on the side

A romance writer in Marlborough describes her pseudonym, Courtney Clark Michaels, as a “huge mistake”.

“It’s far too long to fit on a book cover,” Courtney Ieremia says. Clark is her mum’s maiden name and Michael is her dad’s name.

But Courtney Clark and Courtney Michaels were already published authors, and had the social media handles to go with it.

“It’s a business,” Ieremia said of probably her biggest revelation since becoming an author.

“That’s what people don’t understand ... the level of expectation around marketing, contacts, advertising, it’s very much a business you are running.”

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