Thanks for the detailed answers, Dennis. You have been very
forthcoming about all aspects of your writing.
To answer your question, I wasn't crazy about the multiple
viewpoints in Cassandra in Red. I prefer a straightforward
single point of view throughout a novel. However, the book
was very well structured, with Dan Fortune's narrative
interrupted by alternate chapters giving background on the
various characters. I can see that this technique, which I
understand was your innovation, served the very useful
purpose of presenting information and developing characters
to an extent that wouldn't have been possible (in the same
space) had Fortune had to go dig it all up.
One of the things I found interesting about Cadillac Cowboy
was the way the heavy turned out to be a rather sympathetic
character, and the fairly colourless woman with whom Morgan
was instantly infatuated wound up the opposite of the way she
started.
My question about protagonists wasn't very clear. I really
just meant, when you first come up with a certain storyline
or theme, do you immediately think of it as best suited to a
particular one of your established characters? On rereading
your answer, I see you generally start with the need to write
a book featuring a certain character and go from there. So I
guess I wonder whether you sometimes have to save ideas for
the next instalment in another series because they just don't
seem to fit the series you're working on. Having only read
one book in each of two series, I don't know how all your
series are distinguished thematically.
Sorry for slipping in another question, and thanks again for
taking the time to respond so fully to all the others.
Karin
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