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William, Fitzwilliam, and Fitzwilliam

Posted on December 28, 2017 by

Is it possible to have too many Williams? I like the name – very much, in fact. Even so, there ought to be a limit as to number. One thing I’ve learned as a novelist is that you shouldn’t confuse … Continue reading →

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Watch out for that Intrusive Author

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

“Author intrusion” is a definite writing “don’t” nowadays.  The fiction author is not to call attention to him/herself in any way, thereby interrupting the flow of the story and the reader’s total immersion in it.  But in the 18th and 19th … Continue reading →

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Call to Adventure

Posted on December 9, 2010 by

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against … Continue reading →

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The Pleasure of a Good Novel

Posted on September 11, 2010 by

“The person … who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid. I have read Mrs. Radcliffe’s works, and most of them with great pleasure. The Mysteries of Udolpho, when I had once begun it, I could … Continue reading →

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