Tag: Sancho Panza

Bromance: My Favorite Fictional Couple

Posted on by Michael Kahn
I recently received a question on the Goodreads website asking who was my favorite fictional couple, and why. My first reaction was to flip through all of the literary lovers I’d encountered over the years–a list that includes: Romeo & Juliet; Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy; Lancelot & Guinevere; Odysseus & Penelope; Scarlett O’Hara &…
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A Fun Conversation with Author Jonathan Watkins

Posted on by Michael Kahn
We authors are accustomed to being the interviewees, i.e., the ones giving the answers to the questions. Thus it was a pleasure to settle down with fellow attorney-author Jonathan Watkins and finally get to ask some of the questions I’ve often wished an interviewer would ask me. And it was even more of a pleasure to…
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In Praise of Cage-Free Characters

Posted on by Michael Kahn
The good folks at the Writers & Authors blog asked for some of my thoughts and advice on writing. Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate the joys of what I call the cage-free characters. Think of them as the fictional version of free-range chickens. For readers, the cage-free character is the minor character who…
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Untold Tales of Wild and Crazy Love

Posted on by Michael Kahn
Love stories have generated mountains of literary analysis over the years. From Tristan & Isolde to Romeo & Juliet to Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy to Anastasia Steel & Christian Grey, the ins-and-outs (pun sort of intended) of the amorous relationships between fictional characters have been probed  (guilty again) from every angle (ok, enough) by scholars…
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