and character names are things that are coming to me lately. There are names that I associate with people I have known in my life and will impact how I use them. Evan – is a name I associate with an extremely smart person. Could I use this name for a physicist? I think so. But some names just have a time period written all over them. My Grandma’s name was Mabel. Not a name anyone names their babies anymore. But it’s something I could definitely use for historical fiction, can’t I?

So, I’m listing names and giving them personality qualities and will contemplate how I will use them throughout the story. I’m enjoying this!