[JeremyR]

Basically what I mean is, when you come up with a name for a major character, do you look that name up on the internet, to see if it's someone notable that you've never heard of? Or do you just prefer to remain oblivious?

Of course, the trouble is, a lot of times there actually is a real person of that name, not famous, but you find their Facebook or resume page. That's a bit awkward, at least if you did something horrible to them in your story or killed them off. You hope they never read it, at least.