How did you get all the names?

Comment:

How did you get all the names like Marty,Ray Preston ma Daralynn and Becky and last Judd travers? P.S My class loves you books 😉

Phyllis replied:

I just choose names–just the sound of it sometimes gives me a clue, or I look up names in a book called “What to Name the Baby.”   I like to know what the name means, perhaps the nationality of where it originated, whether I’m looking for a single or double or triple syllable name, historic or modern, for a young or older person….. so very many things go into the choosing of character names.