Best-selling author Liane Moriarty recently admitted at the Byron Bay Writer’s Festival that she accidentally keeps using the same character names in her books, which include the #1 New York Times best-seller Big Little Lies, which was recently turned into a HBO series starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Liane even used her doctor’s name in one book, without realising it!
I feel her pain. The more books you write, the harder it is to keep track of character names, let alone concoct fresh ones, especially if your stories are crowded with characters as ours are. Which brings me to my latest competition…
Last newsletter, as a fun gesture (and because I’m a tad desperate for fresh monikers), I gave you all the chance to see your own name used as a character in my next book Do Not Go Alone—see the fabulous new cover, below.
As always I was overwhelmed by the response and I am still overwhelmed (you can stop now, peeps, the comp is closed!). I adore your enthusiasm and have snuck a few of the quirkier names away for future use. Hope you don’t mind. There were certainly some beauties. For now, though…
The Winner Is…
A big congratulations to LESLIE! You named the character ‘Cheyzene’ (Bob’s hairdresser in Do Not Go Gentle). Well spotted, Leslie, and I’ll be in touch with you directly via your email address, just to confirm you’re the winner. You opted for your own name to be used in my next book, and so it shall. It’s just a small character but it’s a pivotal one, so look out for it in Do Not Go Alone, which is now available for pre-orders, and due for release on August 28.
As for everyone else, thank you once again for taking part and don’t hesitate to pre-order your copy of the second in my new Posthumous Mystery series, which will be available as a pre-release at Amazon very soon. (And if you haven’t tried the first, catch up on it now: Do Not Go Gentle.)
Also, don’t hesitate to get in touch and let me know what you think of my new cover. I’d love to hear from you. There might even be a prize in it if you’re lucky!
Congratulations, again, to Leslie, and happy reading everyone.
xo Christina