tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post7766489817104261415..comments2024-03-28T05:34:42.670-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Characters' NamesMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-6092347525742856952021-05-20T12:25:55.126-05:002021-05-20T12:25:55.126-05:00Hi, this is really very nice article. Thanks for s...Hi, this is really very nice article. Thanks for sharing this wonderful post. Keep posting such valuable contents. <a href="https://%20premiumlsdblotters.com/shop-2" rel="nofollow">100ug LSD Blotters</a>Biggy Smallsssshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090130530203300809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-71858919139119510252021-05-02T08:36:13.955-05:002021-05-02T08:36:13.955-05:00I read Dick and Jane too, eons ago.I read Dick and Jane too, eons ago.Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-17172467592244721342021-04-30T19:05:24.669-05:002021-04-30T19:05:24.669-05:00Yes, it is. We all have different motives (just li...Yes, it is. We all have different motives (just like our characters). Hank's choice of the name, Jane, was something that surprised me, but it still worked out. I grew up with Dick and Jane books and stories in school. authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-26330011299650871852021-04-30T08:36:13.542-05:002021-04-30T08:36:13.542-05:00Thanks for your comments, Linda. Isn't it inte...Thanks for your comments, Linda. Isn't it interesting how we have different reasons for picking characters' names?Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-80609650987397332712021-04-29T22:23:42.730-05:002021-04-29T22:23:42.730-05:00Tempe Crabtree is a name I'll never forget. I ...Tempe Crabtree is a name I'll never forget. I grew up in Phoenix, AZ and went to college at Arizona State University in the nearby suburb of Tempe, AZ. Her name seems to sound like a name of someone with Indian heritage. The area I lived in had a large Navajo population. I thought it was a good choice. I picked a plain name for my lead character's first name, Judy. It was a name I always liked and I thought it fit for a character pushing 50 years of age in 2005. I can't remember what I originally chose for her last name. I found it in a phone book. I never knew a single person with that last name and it seemed to fit the demographics of my character. Then, before I had a publisher, my husband and I moved to Nashville and almost bought a home from someone with my character's exact same last name. The house, although only a couple of years old, had some serious problems that we kept finding out about. We walked away from the deal and my husband asked me if, after that horrible experience, would I please give my character another last name. I chose Kenagy. He doesn't like it, but it was again a name of no one I ever knew and I thought it was catchy and maybe needed since Judy was such a plain name. Later, I read a couple of Hank Phillippi Ryan's books. She's famous, but I noticed right off that her main character was named Jane Ryland. Plain Jane sounds more plain than my Judy and Jane's last name is fairly plain too, but somehow the name worked for me in the two of her books I read. I definitely agree with not having characters have names that all start with the same letter or sound similar. I remember a few books where this just threw me off. It was too confusing. Good post. I hadn't thought much of character names until I read this. authorlindathornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02605805996356003012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-86450896213690141362021-04-28T12:14:12.432-05:002021-04-28T12:14:12.432-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rachel Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283983966833149331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-70367809383821811902021-04-28T08:09:48.438-05:002021-04-28T08:09:48.438-05:00If there were a purpose for it, but only for a goo...If there were a purpose for it, but only for a good reason. Don't want someone to laugh when it isn't appropriate. Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-77407962947696596902021-04-27T16:11:29.378-05:002021-04-27T16:11:29.378-05:00Why don't you pick names that rhyme? I think t...Why don't you pick names that rhyme? I think that could be funny?<br />J. L. Gregerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442307887725898087noreply@blogger.com