
Where do you get those names?
Do you ever wonder where writers come up with names? I like to choose names with meaning. In my current Viola Valentine mystery series, I chose Viola’s name from Shakespeare's “Twelfth Night.” In this comedy of errors, Shakespeare's Viola survives a shipwreck and lands on a strange shore longing to locate her twin brother, Sebastian. She dons man’s clothing because a woman isn’t safe traveling through unknown countries and falls in love with a man who’s in love with a woman w