Read 'Til You Drop

For the next writing project (because a contract-bound author never rests :-) ), I need a character name that can be either male or female, for most American readers.  Ideally, the name will be as gender neutral as "Chris" or "Pat" - where each of us (or at least, I, sitting alone at my computer) can rapidly think of equal numbers of men and women with the name.  Unlike "Chris" or "Pat", though, I'm hoping for a full name (not a nick-name.)  Something that feels exotic, even middle-eastern, would be even better.

Names that I've considered and discarded are Hil(l)ary (almost always female in the States), Trac(e)y (ditto), and Morgan (tritto.)

Your suggestions, smart people?

Mindy, pondering...

So, Some People have talked to Other People, and I can now share:

I am thrilled to announce that I have sold three more books to Red Dress Ink:

MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL (tentative title):  The third volume in the trials and tribulations of librarian-cum-witch, Jane Madison.

THERE'S THE RUB (very tentative title):  The first volume in a new series, SISTERHOOD OF THE FLAME, featuring Kira Franklin, a stage manager who discovers a magic lamp - complete with genie - when she is cleaning out the prop closet at her local theater.  Somehow, Kira never imagined that having wishes *granted* would cause so much chaos in her life!

UNTITLED SECOND SISTERHOOD BOOK (yeah, not even approaching a title):  A sequel to THERE'S THE RUB, showing what happens when one woman shares the magical good, er, bad, er, unpredictable fortune of having a genie in her life.

Publication dates are still a bit up in the air, but MAGIC will likely appear in October 2008 and the sisterhood books some time after that.

(For those keeping score, THERE'S THE RUB was the Super Secret Project mentioned earlier on this journal.)

Mindy, Bounce!  Bounce!  Bounce-ing!