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    What's the genre of the book "These Happy Golden Years" by Laura Ingalls?

    "These Happy Golden Years" is one of the "Little House" series taking place when Laura is a teenager. It could be considered young adult as its category. It is definitely historical fiction although it's also somewhat autobiographical since Laura is the protagonist in all of her stories...
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    Why do authors use pseudonyms?

    I can only speak for myself. I've written two esoteric fantasy novels of Atlantis. They are romans a clef, a French term for books in which actual people are portrayed fictitiously; my characters are my own alter ego as well as family and friends; their identies are thinly veiled -- names are...
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    Why do authors use pseudonyms?

    I can only speak for myself. I've written two esoteric fantasy novels of Atlantis. They are romans a clef, a French term for books in which actual people are portrayed fictitiously; my characters are my own alter ego as well as family and friends; their identies are thinly veiled -- names are...
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    Why do authors use pseudonyms?

    I can only speak for myself. I've written two esoteric fantasy novels of Atlantis. They are romans a clef, a French term for books in which actual people are portrayed fictitiously; my characters are my own alter ego as well as family and friends; their identies are thinly veiled -- names are...
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    Why do authors use pseudonyms?

    I can only speak for myself. I've written two esoteric fantasy novels of Atlantis. They are romans a clef, a French term for books in which actual people are portrayed fictitiously; my characters are my own alter ego as well as family and friends; their identies are thinly veiled -- names are...
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    do I have to ask permission from the author?

    You do need to be careful! If you take too much of your book's information from someone else's, you can leave yourself vulnerable to a plagiarism suit when your book is published. Definitely, you should contact the author for permission. Generally a book's title page will possess a...
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    Multiple questions...I want to be an author?

    Take English classes! Take writing courses in college as well as literature courses, even dramatic courses to study play writing. Learn everything that you can about writing, concentrating on format, style, grammar, and the essentials of the craft. You should attend a liberal arts college...
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    Is it hard to become an author?

    You don't reveal how old you are, but, since you say that you want to become an author when you are older, I'm guessing that you are in your early teens -- in which case I think that you write quite well. Additionally, the excerpt you've posted is intriguing in its content; I am wondering what...
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