Hello, dolls!
Today I have decided to tell you all a little about how I chose the names for a couple of the characters in my series. The most interesting ones I have are the male names; Michael and Miles. The female names are pretty irrelevant, and I could have just as easily given them any other names. But Michael and Miles actually have a legitimate story behind their names.
I chose the name Michael for Gwen's deceased father as a very minor hidden reference to the book Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea. SPOILER ALERT: Michael is the name of one the characters in that book, Jeffery's older brother who died of cancer (I think it was cancer. It's been a while since I've read the book. But it was definitely something like that). After Michael's death, Jeffery's home life falls apart, Jeffery now hates life and school, and he is traumatized by the death that he somehow feels responsible for. Sound vaguely familiar? Because of Mr. Terupt was a huge inspiration for Plot Twist.
The name Miles is a little less symbolic, but it still has a little bit of a story. I gave Miles his name for several reasons.
1) It started with M, and I wanted to kind of show that Miles might be Gwen's own Michael, since Michael and Jennifer were the perfect match, but that scares Gwen since she doesn't want to lose anyone else.
2) I like the name Miles. I don't know why, I just do.
3) Miles Finch from Elf. Need I say more?
4) Miles from The Candymakers by Wendy Mass. He's trying to forget a tragic accident he witnessed in that book, and since I was going to have some very sad scenes in Plot Twist, why not?
5) Miles from My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison.
All of this adding up I feel meant that Miles was a great name for my character. Plus, naming him off of characters from books when he loves to read (and an author from one of my favorite movies of all time)?
So anyways, thank you for taking your time to read all of that, and have a nice day! :)
