I almost chose an overdone topic.  Yes, once more I was going to make the topic about writing great characters.  We all know how much I can go on and on and on about building character files, interviews and stopping to ask Character B what the heck he thinks is going on with Character A. 

Then, I saw this article...How to Find the Perfect Names for Your Characters

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/how-to-find-the-perfect-names-for-your-characters 

Very recently we had a conversation in the chatroom about naming characters.  So, why don't we take it up and run with it this week?  No matter what genre of fiction you write, be it horror like King or Lovecraft, crime like Patterson or Spillane, or more literary fare like Sontag, Roth or Updike, there's one very basic thing all fiction writers have in common--we love coming up with perfectplace and character names, and we all (assuming you're a fellow fiction writer) pull them from various sources. 

Join us tonight to discuss the character names for the first hour. We'll take any other questions you may have in the second hour.