Naming Characters With Kristen Hogrefen Parnell (Episode 97)

On this episode of “The Romantic Side of Suspense,” I’m talking with Kristen Hogrefen Parnell, who writes suspenseful fiction from a faith perspective for women and young adults. Her own suspense story involved waiting on God into her thirties to meet her husband, and she desires to keep embracing God’s plan for her life when it’s not what she expects. Kristen’s books have won the Selah Award and the Grace Award, among others. An educator at heart, she also teaches English online and enjoys being a podcast guest. Kristen lives in Florida with her husband and baby boy. “Sometimes, for minor characters, [the name I pick] will just be a place holder and I’ll say I’ll come back and change it, and they just tend up being that person,” Kirsten says. “For the major characters, I have to make sure they’re not named after someone I know or somebody who thinks I named them after them. So I have to be very intentional about those names.” Connect w/Kristen Website: https://kristenhogrefeparnell.com/ BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/author....s/kristen-hogrefe-pa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KHogrefeParnell.author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/auth....or/show/4774818.Kris Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khogrefeparnellauthor/ Newsletter: https://landing.mailerlite.com..../webforms/landing/g8 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/kristenhogrefeparnell/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/khogrefeparnell Listen to the podcast for more from our interview, plus an excerpt from Take My Hand.