“Names Matter”: Yes, They Do

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My fellow SFF author, Canadian Julie Czerneda, is proofing right now and yesterday I saw her tweet: “Names matter!”

Yes, I thought, they do…

Asantir, one of the leading secondary characters in The Wall of Night series, is a great example of why.

Although she’s now the Commander of Night, readers may recall when Asantir was the Honour Captain in The Heir of Night. Originally, the Honour Captain wasn’t intended to be a major character. Yet in trying to give Derai names a commonality fo...