Whichever side of the writing process you're on, this much you're sure of:  naming characters is a delight akin to naming children naming characters is a pain akin to delivering children. And as with most things trope-ish, it is (almost) inevitable that another famed author has already claimed your su…

So you pick up a new book and you're introduced to someone. Not just someone - someone with an incredibly odd name. It's common, as I tend to think of them as ' book names ' and I have come across people in my life who have those type of names and said ' you should be in a book ' because let&#…