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It's weird, for me the name more often than not comes first, the character second. What I'm reading or watching at the time can influence. When I wrote Have Broom, Will Travel, I was reading a lot of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, particularly the books featuring Susan Sto Helit, so my lead character got named Susan.
For the book I'm working on now, GS Lyman: Accidental Master of the Unknown the name Lyman has been kicking around in my head for years, ever since Jim Davis used it in Garfield.
I had a crush on a girl named Hannah, so I created a character named Hannah. (Something I've done more than once) Later when I had gotten over my crush, I thought about changing the name. However, while she had grown till she no longer resembled her real-life namesake, she was inextricably entwined with the name Hannah.
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