Names and authors needing proofreaders

[teamster]

Although I would be happy to offer my services as a proofreader for anyone who feels they could use the help, probably my qualifications are not nearly as good as Morrighan's, judging be the careful and cogent way in which she phrases her posts [whether I agree with her opinions or not]. I would venture the opinion, though, that it is difficult to proofread without editorializing, so it would certainly be helpful if the writer and proofreader are sympathetic in terms of the nature of the subject matter. So before anyone sends me anything to proof, please take a look at some of my own work and see if it rings a bell with you, or if indeed you feel that I am qualified for such a task.

As far as naming fictional characters is concerned, I don't know how important the name you choose really is, although they do need to be appropriate to the time and place of the story. Obviously it would be difficult to create a convincing male dom with a name like Milton or Melvin, but I have no problem using fairly generic names and letting the characters' actions define them. I had a lot more trouble naming my daughter when she was born, since I knew it was something she would have to live with for the rest of her life. The good thing about fictional characters is that you can always change them... with any word processing program it's a simple matter to just command it to switch "Angela" for "Alison" throughout the whole text. So don't let it bog you down...just pick a working name and go ahead with your story. When and if you think of something better it's easy to change.