tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post5158647734277690151..comments2024-03-27T08:55:55.505-04:00Comments on Paranormal Romantics: What's In a Name?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-83961696780366624382010-05-15T06:32:37.712-04:002010-05-15T06:32:37.712-04:00@ Dawn Thanks! Glad to hear I'm not the only o...@ Dawn Thanks! Glad to hear I'm not the only one who plays around and links names. I think the only one I have done it for is a contemporary I wrote lately and that's only because it had enough of it's own "inside jokes" without the author adding any of her own. LOL Slipping the Past is still in my TBD pile - I sooo need to get some time to read.Sara Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421072295001237118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-68751644325321400902010-05-14T06:10:03.672-04:002010-05-14T06:10:03.672-04:00Congrats on the new release.
I hear you on the na...Congrats on the new release.<br /><br />I hear you on the name thing. I have stories where the character names are linked, ie. In my novel An Alien's Guide to Abducting a Bride--I've got Elizabeth, Darius and Nero. The link--names of kings and a queen. Yeah, the title is linked to the story in an interesting way--the chapter headers are all excerpts from an erotica novel Darius swipes off Elizabeth's desk--thinking it's a Terran Guide to wooing an Earth woman.<br /><br />In another, not only does the character name have a link, but other things pop up that are related. Captain Cori Valentine and a weapon of mass destruction called the Eros.<br /> <br />Okay...maybe this writer was a little bored, but a good name can really add to a story--or take away from it if you make it impossible for a reader to pronounce.<br />And as for changing names on a character--I got all the way through Slipping the Past and Changed Jocelyn's brother from Jake to Nate. Well, Jake sounded too young. The reason this mattered--I have another story I'm writing about that character and Nathanial Miller fits him so much better.D L Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005096541408308851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-7854450050884441772010-05-13T21:26:47.126-04:002010-05-13T21:26:47.126-04:00@ Sandra Oh, I've been through that too - chan...@ Sandra Oh, I've been through that too - changing things at the last minute. Have even gotten all the way through a book and decided I didn't like a characters name and had to "find & replace" (such a good tool!)<br /><br />Thanks!Sara Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421072295001237118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-80356385157089757172010-05-13T16:57:58.842-04:002010-05-13T16:57:58.842-04:00I usually don't come up with names until the o...I usually don't come up with names until the outline is loosely done. I just refer to them as he and she LOL I'm terrible at titles as well and will change one a good 3 times sometimes.<br /><br />Best wishes on your book!Sandra Sookoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08864799097052526762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-84301925376623823352010-05-13T16:54:08.752-04:002010-05-13T16:54:08.752-04:00@ Annie - Thanks!
@ Rebecca I've been known t...@ Annie - Thanks!<br /><br />@ Rebecca I've been known to be halfway into a story with bracket marks in place of things I haven't decided on yet. Titles are funny things for me - sometimes I know it before the rest of the story, other times...not so much. LOL<br /><br />@ J Hali Thanks! I really wish titles would come faster as around 10K words I start to get antsy if I don't have one - even if it's just tentative.Sara Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421072295001237118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-76566847896851782052010-05-13T14:23:55.843-04:002010-05-13T14:23:55.843-04:00Sara, congrats! I most always come up with hero...Sara, congrats! I most always come up with hero's name dancing around in my head, then I ponder storyline, and that's when the title comes to me.<br /><br />Good Luck with sales!!J Hali Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365774993357373871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-10014703145638743282010-05-13T10:17:27.232-04:002010-05-13T10:17:27.232-04:00Sara, Wow. Congratulations. It's funny. I hav...Sara, Wow. Congratulations. It's funny. I have to have the title and the names mostly worked out before i can even think about a story...Rebecca Roycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556741805325106199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2015064410387223894.post-32822524778754484062010-05-13T09:32:02.932-04:002010-05-13T09:32:02.932-04:00Congrats Sara! Sounds like a great read.Congrats Sara! Sounds like a great read.Annie Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016425791073062800noreply@blogger.com