The naming of cats, and characters.

[cadhla]

So I begin by saying 'damn'. Please picture me staring at my computer screen in slowly growing horrified realization, eyes going very wide, before making a face and swearing; this will give you a reasonable amount of context on the exact sort of 'damn' we're talking about here. It's a good, solid 'damn

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[guyelfkin]

{grin!}

That list is *so* American.

Teddy
(giggling at the concept of Chesney as a girls name)

[braider]

*shrug* I think Clady is still fine.

[cadhla]

The problem is that there are thematic similarities, and I'm looking to sell this; 'my theme has some matching grace notes and our heroines are one letter off' is really going to complicate things with anyone who knows the genre, and it's more painless to change her name now than as a 'we will only publish if' clause.

[jenni_the_odd]

Kara, Teagan, Kaylee (or Kayleigh or Kaylie or however the heck you want to spell it), Tamara, Teresa, Kelly, Caroline (Carrie for short?), Chloe...
I also like the Contessa/Tessa suggestion, though 'Contessa' might be a touch too unusual. Well, it would be considered unusual around here.

[z_rayne]

Tandie/Tandy
Jess/Jessi/Jessie
Cally

[ohimesamamama]

I got you into this, so I have to make suggestions to get you out. Try:

Kitty
Carey
Cat
Keely
Cammie
Candy
Kinsey
Kaylie
Jamie
Julie
June/Junie
Jessie
Gina/Geena/Jina
Janie
Jenna/Jena/Gena
Jessamine
Tara
Tamara
Tina
Tessa
Tia
Tori
Toni
Teri
Tabby/Tabitha
Talia
Tea
Tilly

[spectralbovine]

Tilly! There's that band Tilly and the Wall. Tilly is very in these days.

If she's named Tara, the reader will spend the whole book waiting for her to get shot.

Kitty is good but kind of cuddly.

[buffyx]

I second Tori. I love that name.

[cadhla]

Hmmmmmm. I like Kinsey. Kinsey Anne Markham.

Kinsey, Luke and Martin Markham.
Kinsey Daniels.
Missus Kinsey Daniels.
Ms. Kinsey Markham-Daniels.
Kinsey Markham IS Babylon Archer.
KINSEY ANNE, GET DOWN HERE.

...it works in all the combinations I need it to work in. Hmmm.