One of the best things about being a writer is the ability to create entire personas. I get to build a character from scratch. I can pick their personality, their background, their physical features, and their profession. But from the very first characters I ever developed (Brooklyn Vaughn and Nate Riley), to the characters I’ve already picked for my next four books; my favorite part of the character development process has always been naming them.
People ask me how I pick names for my charact...