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Hi, Darren,

Sorry to keep you waiting. I’ve been busy packing younger son off to Italy for a college semester.

Re: multiple first-person narratives. This is what I remember of the history of it. My first foray into it was in 1996 with THE CHICKEN DOESN’T SKATE. Then I didn’t use it again until SCHOOLED in 2007. Just about the same time, I read a book by Tama Janowitz in which she used the technique very effectively. And I decided it rounded out my story exactly the way I like it rounded out, and I’ve been using it, although not exclusively, ever since.

OK? I really don’t know who else uses it. It does restrict the writing too, you know. But I really enjoy the effect.

                                                       Regards,                                                                            -Gord