When beginning to write one's third novel

[pegkerr]

it is perhaps unwise to start reading Nicholas Nickleby and reflect that this was Dickens' third novel. Comparisons can be so discouraging.

That being said, I think that Ralph Nickleby might be a good model for the villain I'm trying to create (the unnamed Mr. X). A man of business, admired as an upstanding member of the community, with an utterly cold heart.

Hmm.

Peg

Comments

[ari-o.livejournal.com]

"Comparisons are odious." John Donne

I love Dickens. I think he is an admirable teacher. He knew how to tell a great story - I just wish he hadn't been paid by the word.