Zeb_Carter
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Yep, several times. It must be old age kicking in. I usually catch them but sometime not.
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I suppose that's true, only so many names that guys from a certain region, age and background would have - any men over 50, in particular.My name issue is repeating them. I've written a lot over the years and there's only so many names especially for guys
One of my cousins was named Hilary Susan.My mother confused names so often that I became a bit obsessed with getting names right. For instance, my best friend for 13+ years was named Ember. My mom called her Amber for years. Finally, when she got Ember down, she started calling every Amber in her classes Ember. It was funny until it wasn't. Apparently there were a couple really sensitive Ambers among her students. So, anyway, name mix-ups don't happen to me much. If I can't decide on a definite name for a character, then I know the story isn't ready to be written yet.
Find and replace is a godsend.
Oh believe me. The readers let me know about my error... in spades.I did it at least once. I gave a character one name when he was being discussed by two of the main characters early in the story. A coupled days later when I wrote the part where he actually entered the story, I gave him a different name. Didn't catch it in proofreading. No reader has pointed it out, but I know it's there and it drives me crazy.