Jun 28 2008
WWIR: June 22 through June 28, 2008
WL: There were a couple of “whee!” moments this week. No Major Events to report, but I glimpsed a couple of those elusive creatures from a distance, through a haze, in silhouette. They may have been pointing my way and laughing, but little do they know about the snares and pits I’ve laid out for them…
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IWS: I became aware of some similarity between blind fangboy’s story and vampire thief’s story. Adopted a “what the hell” philosophy. Maybe I’ll be inspired with a change before I post them. If not, I’ll add “copycat bloodsuckers—don’t read both” to the warning label when I regain Photoshop access.
General: My fondness for man names beginning with R (Rev, Ryder, Rhan, Rinc, etc.) has been usurped by fondness for man names beginning with N (Nate, Nick, and Noah so far). Maybe I should write for Sesame Street. “Today’s heroes are brought to you by the letter J…”
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June 29th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I have this problem with the letter “A.” At least half of my characters in my most recent manuscript have names beginning with an “A.” (Alcina, Arturo, Amber, Amanda, and… well, abuela doesn’t really count, because it’s a title, but I use it all the damn time.)
June 30th, 2008 at 4:34 am
“Why don’t you change some of their names?”
“There are six kids in your daughter’s class with the exact same name as hers. Why don’t you change her name?”
“I put a lot of thought into her name! She’s had it for five years! It’s her name!”
“Ditto.”
I’ve had only one person complain about the R names (the N’s, at least, I haven’t clumped in the same story), and since that person was thumping The Writing Rules at me for 10,000 other “violations,” I was disinclined to heed any of that “advice.” If the complaint had been “I found it confusing,” I might have been more receptive, but I have yet to hear that, just “but The Rules say…”, which for some odd reason does nothing but up my rebel quotient.
I was a very compliant child. I’m making up for it with a vengeance now.
