Howdy, blog friends!
I'm off to Virginia to the Chesapeake Romance Writer's annual Fantasies By The Sea Conference. I'll be back on Monday (and yes, there will be a Goofy Cat Monday). I'll be sure to bring presents for everyone!
While I'm gone, here's something for you to discuss:
How do you name your characters? How do you name your villians? Are there underlying meanings to the names you give them? Spill it!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Gone for a bit
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Sometimes I brainstorm, sometimes I draw from a list, and sometimes there are underlying meanings to the names.
ReplyDeleteHave fun :)
I use the Baby Name Book and whatever sounds right, I go with it.
ReplyDeleteTanya
Good question. The names just come to me really. I know my characters and they just tell me their names.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at the convention.
Me? I host a brainstorming chat over at Romance Divas, invite every writer I know, and then let Kristen, Sela and all the Divas name my characters for me! :-D
ReplyDeleteI brainstorm a list of characterists for my people, then I go to various baby name websites, such as babynames.com and look up names that mean what's on my characteristic list.
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes they just come to me. Go figure.
Wish I could go to it! I hope you have fun.
ReplyDeleteBTW I just tagged you. It's the threesome quiz. Look at my Oct. 27th blog entry for the questions :)
At least half the time, they show up with their names ready to go. Sometimes they give me a clue -- I'm Russian, I'm French, this is a name I made up to leave my old life behind. Sometimes all I know is a characteristic -- I'm quite ordinary, I'm very sexy, Me Man - Find Woman.
ReplyDeleteI've got a couple of sites I go to, but I use them mostly for procrastinating. ;-)
And Barb? Anytime!
I use my favorite names for the hero/heroine and for the villian I use a name that I like (because I have to use it over and over again) but that seems a little . . . dirty, maybe.
ReplyDeleteFor last names I check out family name websites if I can't think of anything else.