Keynote speaker likes to motivate new writers | Living | OnlineAthens.com

Keynote speaker likes to motivate new writers | Living | OnlineAthens.com: "Chances are you have read books by Robert Vaughan and don't even know it.

The author has produced hundreds of novels under 40-plus pseudonyms, amounting to sales in the millions. It's a fact that prompts an obvious question when he speaks to anyone about his craft.

Why not use your own name every time you write a book?

'As a writer, you're always one contract away from being unemployed,' said Vaughan, whose host of fictitious cover names include Lee Davis Willoughby, Paula Fairman, K.C. McKenna and Kit Dalton. 'I accept these work-for-hire projects.'

In addition to speaking at writers conferences, Vaughan opens his home in Gulf Shores, Ala., nine months out of the year for visiting scribes, be they published or those he refers to as 'pre-published.'"