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I have a question for any writers out there who are also in academia. I am going on the academic job market in the fall to teach law (I'm also working on a PhD in English on the side as my research is interdisciplinary). It was a strange coincidence that I finally landed an agent this year, and she just took my novel out on sub. My question is do those of you who are professors/trying to become professors find that having the fiction thing on your cv is a problem in scholarly circles? If I were lucky enough to ever sell my book I would prefer not to use a pen name, but it would also be strange if one dream coming true in some way undermined another dream coming true (getting a professorship). My novel is a literary mystery--it does have some fairly strong sexual themes/violence so that makes me extra cautious. Thanks!