tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post1843496987873069225..comments2024-03-17T11:59:06.572-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Writerus InterruptusMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-39718314718266657392017-02-16T14:32:08.819-06:002017-02-16T14:32:08.819-06:00Loved that your name will show up as a red-headed ...Loved that your name will show up as a red-headed character in another author's books while remaining the front cover headliner for your mystery "Just Another Termination." Because my mystery series The Picaresque of Ímagine Purple is for the juvenile/young adult population, I have had fun using alliteration of first/last names or fitting a role like Sam Silencer is the Sergeant of Arms at a club; Marsha Mushmouth runs a telephone answering service. However, I struggled naming a family of gangsters to be used as villians in serveral Imasodes of the series. Originally settling on Palumbo, I kept remembering a high school friend with that same name and shuddered at the thought of demeaning her family background. Back to the drawing board, I researched similar names and found Pollibo which was claimed by only one family in America. A-ha. Then I figured I could malign them: turned inside out and upside down; throw them against the wall and watch them fall so I could stomped freely on them to make confess or reveal a clue. :-) Thank you Linda for turning me onto this blogsite.beth@imapurple.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08104825885532314833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-8288901926710354302017-02-15T15:17:18.860-06:002017-02-15T15:17:18.860-06:00I get a lot of interruption myself--mostly from fa...I get a lot of interruption myself--mostly from family members. I don't mind.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-45685256844227011892017-02-15T09:34:15.965-06:002017-02-15T09:34:15.965-06:00I know about being interrupted. The DH wants to go...I know about being interrupted. The DH wants to go to the show or go shopping with me, or a number of other errands. The sweet dog gets very demanding if he has to do his duty. If I don't react soon enough, a wet spot appears on the kitchen runner by the door. <br /><br />Yesterday and the day before the temperature was up to 44 degrees and sunny, not exactly spring or summer weather, but to Buster it was good enough for him to feel like laying in the sun. Though we have a fenced yard, I still feel the need to supervise him, because he's so small. That meant I sat outside with him. I read from my kindle and got caught up on emails in the meantime, but it was not an atmosphere for me to write.Morgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com