I’ve become kind of a naming nerd and like picking names that mean something and have some relevance to the character. 

Sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn’t. In this case, it worked so well for the icy folk in The Frost or the Bite. I went way overboard and had fun picking out icy names. For Jack, I went for the naming hat-trick with Jackson Alphin Blanchard. All those names, and Jack’s parents, relate to snow and ice in some way. Jack, for example, is a nod to Jack Frost. And Jackson Alphin Blanchard just sounds so upper crust and stuffy, which is perfect for where he comes from.

Naming Ewan did not go as smoothly. In fact, the name Ewan isn’t really referencing anything earthy or wolfy by itself. ‘Ewen’ spelled this way is a tree. I just liked Ewan better. Using Oakley for his last name was about the height of my creative ‘brilliance’ for naming him.