AFTERWORDS: NOVELISTS ON THEIR NOVELS: Edited by Thomas McCormack. 231 pages. Harper & Row. $5.95.
When a physician enters his office, his identity is immediately ratified by the tools of Hygeia that surround him. There are also the parchments on the wall to reassure him that "Dr." is part of his name. By contrast, a novelist may have a few of his books on the shelf (unlike the physician, the writer cannot bury his mistakes), but when he goes to work he is greeted by the gaping anonymity of blank paper. More than most...
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