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The problem every writer is faced with is a good character development, and it was even more-so for Peter Kimble. What added to his character development dilemma was an overly jealous wife, Debbie.

Debbie insisted that the character names Peter chose where people from his past, old girl friends, lovers, or obsessions. She constantly accused him of miss-deeds to the point of harassment.

To solve this quandary, Peter had the idea of using the local news paper’s obituary section to pick names. This also had the added perk to knowing specific information about the person he used as a character; it gave him a good description of the person’s age, weight, manner of death, job, marital status, and even education. He in turn molded the person to the story line.

 Great idea, but it had its flaws.

Halfway through his fourth book, like most writers he got stuck. He knew where the story was going, but the path became blocked. As his computer hummed patiently waiting, Peter paced the floor talking aloud trying to secure the next line, that’s when it happened for the first time . . . the dead talked.