October Novel Prep Challenge

For the record, my book this year is an Adult Fantasy. My characters are 27 and 31. And it's NOT erotica. And their names are Hayden and Scott. And there's a fairy named Gemma. The more people can relate to the names of your characters (aka, the less 'out there' you go with them), the better I think it is.

And I think it is Michelle. I loved his 'On Writing' book and a lot of what he said stuck with me. Plus I hear everywhere to make great characters. People love to read great characters. If you make that character a living, breathing person such that they could walk off the page at any moment, then your readers will follow them all the way to the laundry mat.