As I was finishing revising THE MOCKINGBIRDS last month, I put a call out on Twitter for new last names for the antagonists. I got some good suggestions and used one or two of them in the book, such as "Ward" and "Dumas" (though Dumas turned out to be better for the French teacher's last name). I then put the word out that I was looking for first names for a few very minor characters and I used some of those names too, including "AnnaMarie" and "Emilee."
So now as I embark on preliminary work ...
Published on November 27, 2009 15:43