Don’t discount the power of a name

The tag pile (Photo credit: nightthree)

I came across a discussion in one of my Goodreads groups on how authors select names for their characters and I found it to be a rather interesting discussion.I happen to fall into the category of people who think that the meaning behind a name is an important consideration. Not just when creating fictitious characters for a story, but in all things.

For example, one of my sisters met a woman who was joyfully describing how she had selected a very unique...