Looking for reader questions

[Helen]

If you could talk to an author of fantasy romance, what questions would you ask her/him?
I'm putting together a book festival talk, and I'd like to address reader questions. What would you ask?

[Abigail]

WHY can't you write names that are easy to spell and pronounce???

[Helen]

Good question. I think it comes from a long tradition tied to often medieval European settings, so the names are designed to call up that association. Plus, it serves to cue the reader in to the genre very quickly.

[Abigail]

I guarantee 90 percent of the readers already know the genre - which is the reason they picked up the book. I usually nickname the characters in my mind, so any symbolism in the name is lost on me.

[K.P.]

lolz i decided to do away with medieval europe and look to other countries in their medieval times for setting. on a whim i decided to use esperanto for names. still hard to pronounce lolz