Titles, Names, and Influence

Once I had decided to start writing I had to come up with few important elements of my book. Most important was the characters. It was easy to pick first names, Josh and Hannah have been some of my favorite names since I was young. But choosing last names was very difficult. I wanted them to be classic, they needed to represent an average person, yet also needed to stand out from the billions of other characters in this world. It took several days to finally settle on Joshua Cadence Hardy and Hannah Grace Nielson, but I hope that when people hear these names they will think of my book, just like Edward Cullen is associated with Stephanie Meyer.

The title was an even trickier task. Of course I wanted it to mean something to the book, and so some of the book had to be created before I could name it. As I thought more about my characters and the story I was telling I found that I wasn't telling a brand new idea, but that I was retelling a tale as old as time. Love in my opinion is the foundation of this world, as such it has exisited since the beginning of time. Of course this title was also influenced by the song from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. This song creates a connection that is essential to the relationship that Josh and Hannah form. I guess you could call it a sign, that something more than attraction is pulling Josh and Hannah together.