From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
    wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:35:35 -0400, mbottorff@lshelby.com (Michelle   
   > Bottorff) wrote:   
   >   
   >    
   > >*At least one of his genuine given names will probably show up in the   
   > >book, but the heroine (my pov character) will have no way of knowing   
   > >that particular name -- out of the five or six different names he uses   
   > >--  is actually his.   
   >   
   > This is the main reason why I can't read Russian novels. Each   
   > character has at least three names and I can't remember who is who.   
   >   
   > Characters with more than one name results (for some values of   
   > characters) in the reader-impression that there are more characters   
   > than expected. Terribly confusing.   
      
   And thus the need to have my heroine provide a consistant nickname to   
   identify him as.   
      
      
      
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