I'm inspired by GRRM's Haviland Tuf to write some stories with a recurring character to build into a fix-up novel. Is that still done, though? If so, what are some examples? Thx.
I think it's a cool idea that can be entertaining as long as it's not forced. I think it's great if there's a lot of opportunity to have the character show up, but once you start contriving situations for him/her to appear, it can annoy readers.