tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post1579861235217861401..comments2024-01-25T11:29:28.389-09:00Comments on Anna's Obsession: NamesAnna L. Wallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00144458783329501190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-71948099424287561812012-04-12T11:39:51.724-08:002012-04-12T11:39:51.724-08:00Great advice! I'm a Tolkien fan myself, but h...Great advice! I'm a Tolkien fan myself, but he certainly did invoke some strange and difficult names, didn't he?<br />Thanks for sharing!<br />Blessings!Martha Jane Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620499267401065780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-22664106735261993782012-04-09T17:31:44.330-08:002012-04-09T17:31:44.330-08:00I agree Anna with the confusion of names, especial...I agree Anna with the confusion of names, especially in Lord of the Rings...I had to stop and think sometimes to get the characters right...<br /><br />Good idea on using different letters of the alphabet...and I agree, simple and easy to pronouce is better...it takes a long time to get through a book where you keep stumbling over the names..let alone even remember them...it is like trying to read a different language...good subject and good advise....Ravenmythhttp://ravenmyth.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-77056441737874799652012-04-09T16:36:12.295-08:002012-04-09T16:36:12.295-08:00I use a dictionary.
In one example, I had a charac...I use a dictionary.<br />In one example, I had a character that was a shooter, an assassin. I selected a last name that means "brave" or "bravery" in another culture.FCEtierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14199098303138353894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-61609324557973266812012-04-09T13:24:40.084-08:002012-04-09T13:24:40.084-08:00I'll tend to look at lists of national names, ...I'll tend to look at lists of national names, picking and choosing first names and surnames that way for some characters. Some characters get their names from mixing and matching well known names from a certain country along various professional lines. Others, I go with the meaning of the name if it suits the character.<br /><br />I had one character in my book named Jacob Dayan. Originally his name was supposed to be Jacob Cohen. I found out as I started writing that Jacob Cohen is the given name of Rodney Dangerfield, which would have driven me nutty to keep it in as it was, so out it went!William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856051844866086501.post-84342581525366190752012-04-09T10:31:09.440-08:002012-04-09T10:31:09.440-08:00Hmm....depends on the character! Is she important,...Hmm....depends on the character! Is she important, is her name important, or just a random name I find or like!<br />I once searched the internet for the perfect Chinese Name for a Chinese descendant character! She was going to stay with her Chinese Grandpa!<br />But, other then that I just pick a name!<br />I did once name the city one of my characters live in Pittsburgh (where I live!) then her fantasy world Kingdom of Pittsburgia or something! :-PSian Younghttps://www.facebook.com/RommieRulesnoreply@blogger.com