Hey Mister, what’s your name?

One of my favorite questions from readers is, “how do you pick your character names?”

On a good day, they drift to me like a whisper on a summer breeze… 

On a less than creative, time-crunch kind of day, I may be known to peruse the internet and social media waiting for something magically to smack me in the forehead…

Then there are the characters whose names don’t quite seem to stick…

Generally speaking, I usually know my main characters before I start the plotting process. But many times, the secondary characters names don’t come to me until later and have been known to change several times before I settle on the right one. And those poor minor characters…well, they get named on a whim.

With my Spruce Pine series, it’s been smooth sailing for awhile, as everyone already has a name. When I started FORGIVE ME (coming soon) I didn’t have to think about names, but now that I have started working on my new Carefree series, I’m back to square one. So I thought I would try something new…and let one of you pick a name. Fun, right?

So who are we naming???

You can read a brief synopsis about LOVE IN THE WIND under the “Carefree Novels” tab and get introduced to my two new favorite friends Julia Hawthorne and Miles Scott, but it’s Miles’s quick-witted, smooth-talking deputy who’s looking for his perfect name.

So give me your best shot…what’s your best bad boy name? Oh, and did I mention…Mr. Deputy may be lingering on the sidelines for now, but he will get his own HEA in book two of the Carefree series…which means, you get the power to name one of my main characters.

On Friday, Jan 15th, I will announce which name, submitted by a reader, I am choosing.

Names can be submitted in the comments below or on my facebook page. Feel free to share this post with all your book lover friends!

Happy Naming!!!