M

My last name is MacLennan, my sister's name is Maree, the main character of my first novel is named Sam Metcalfe.

How hard can "M" be?

music

mustard

mate

mating

matrimony

marriage

misgivings

mainline

main

martyr

macaroni

mastiff

massive

more

mores (as in, said the "c," cultural codes of conduct)

mortify/mortified

malleable

maple

moor

mooring

moon

moose

most

mast

masticate

mental/mentally

metal

meat

merit

market

marketplace

measure

measurement

moan

marble

marbled

marketable

meerkat

monkey

major

manipulate

manifold

manicure

minutiae

minute

minotaur

mystery

maybe

.... 48 .... and it's only 8:25 in the morning.

morning(!)

mourning

mourn.

I think I'll stop with "mourn." The new project I'm working on requires me to put a character through a kind of mourning I absolutely do not want to imagine. Maybe "M" will help me find that place.