The other problem with writing of this novel is the need to come up with character names. The problem is that my characters already names: the names their mommies and daddies gave ’em. I feel compelled to change them because I don’t want the people I write about to know what I write about them. Or rather, I want to be able to disseminate the information as I so choose. Yes, I want to take from people’s lives what I want to and use it for my own purposes, but I don’t want them to be able to have a say. Ugh… I KNOW other people deal with these things and I wish there was a “How To” on this topic. In the meantime I have changed my character’s name (only I don’t really like it) and I am leaving others as they are but I know soon I’ll have to come up with other names to solidify this book. Also I feel like if I change their names then I will feel like I can take more liberties with their storylines. But I don’t know how to pick the right names. Everything sounds so fake. Ugh.

p.s. cough cough still… Ugh.