Hello blog visitor: Thousands of people from many countries have visited this blog since 2013, because they, too, wondered if novelists “contain multitudes” and have a creative version of multiple personality.

As a psychiatrist qualified to recognize mental illness, I say that most novelists are not mentally ill, because their “multiple personality trait” helps them to lead productive, meaningful lives. I don’t have multiple personality, but my past clinical experience enabled me to appreciate the real thing.

So I’ll continue this blog whenever I find a novel I’d like to read: Many happy returns.