*Grumble*

[alfreda89]

I hate it when copy editors change the names of minor characters. I didn't have immediate plans for this one, but now I have to double-check that she changed him everywhere...and that the name she chose was period.

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[msagara.livejournal.com]

I’ve never had that happen - was there a reason she changed it, or did she just get the spelling confused somehow?

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Because she did it back in 1997, Michelle, I will probably never know. I scanned, and it's not a duplicate character name. All I can think is she saw the name (a nickname of an Old Testament name) and thought some hillbilly or pop name had slipped in, and dropped in "Luke" which was not used hardly at all in 1790, as best as I can make out.

It's fantasy, so I do play with things, but I don't want "Luke" in there anymore. So we're going with Elijah.