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In your most recent book why do you refrain from using names?

Frederic S. Durbin Thanks for the question, Jessica! It's to help keep the story universal. If I used names, readers would pick up on the ethnicity and pinpoint the story to a specific country. Without the names, it could be set anywhere. As it is, the only character with a specified name is Mr. Girandole. Does that somehow imply that he's the most "real" of anyone? :-)

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