Ane Mulligan @AneMulligan
When William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, one of the lines became quite famous: "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." It’s now an adage and used in everyday speech. It's so renown one can merely quote the first part, and everyone knows the rest.
The adage may be true of flowers but not so much for characters in a book.
The other day, I saw a Facebook post by an author I admire. She was bemoaning the fact she had changed her main character's name six times and still didn't like it.
