I love the find and replace button on my computer, and since I decided to change all the names in my book, to match the changes I'd made in my cult, it has been a godsend, as, rather than trawling through all 85,000 words and changing them one by one, I can simply type in the original name and ask it to be replaced by the new name.
But, I knew there would be a catch! One of my characters was called 'Vera', she has now been rechristened 'Saffron' (very hippy, I think) - so words like 'several' and 'overalls' now come up as seSaffronl and oSaffronlls! Bizarre, especially as I put the capital 'V' in, but it doesn't seem to recognise that.
Hopefully, there won't be many more such anomalies. I actually think that Vera was resisting being changed, she doesn't really feel like a Saffron. This is her silent protest.
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