Perry Gretton http://www.perrygretton.com Writer, editor/proofreader, web developer. admin1@perisys.com 60 Writing Advice From History's Fastest, Most Prolific Authors http://www.perrygretton.com "John Updike, Muriel Spark, and Christopher Hitchens [and others] on how to pen your next best-selling novel" Sat, 05 Nov 2011 http://www.perrygretton.com Why do authors kill off their characters? http://www.perrygretton.com "JK Rowling has confessed that halfway through the Potteriad, at a low point (it can't, surely, have been money worries) she was tempted to rub out Ron Weasley. Her motive? "Sheer spite, she says." Wed, 2 Nov 2011 http://www.perrygretton.com