Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25926288-20170914195732/@comment-30376127-20170915124608

I think Henry being a failed author is actually just part of the curse. Henry didn't really publish ouat, but the curse made him (and probably everyone in Seattle) think he did. When would he have time to publish a book while he was in the EF-2 anyway? Unless, he did it while cursed, which could mean the curse lasted more than a year if you take into account the writing, finding a publisher, the going over the drafts, and the release of the book. The failed book is just one of the curse's ways of making him miserable and a convenient excuse for why Rogers, Roni, and Weaver are in the book.