Q&A 3

Q: You are working on a new manuscript you're very excited about when a friend shows you a book you've never heard of. And one of the main characters in that book has the exact same name as one of the characters in your manuscript. What do you do?

Well, first of all, is this a common name (e.g., Stephen), an uncommon but historically real name (Mildmay), a common or uncommon name in a language other than English (Jacqueline Carey's Phedre), or a made-up name (Maiah, the protagonist of the novel I