tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post5416469578083432900..comments2023-09-21T12:38:29.150+01:00Comments on The Pocketeers: A Rose By Any Other NameThe Pocketeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07124101740561917118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-79961602638195408022012-02-12T20:32:05.144+00:002012-02-12T20:32:05.144+00:00Patricia, I absolutely agree that you need your na...Patricia, I absolutely agree that you need your names up front, THEN you have the character and that helps enormously in the development of the story. Well, at least for those plotters like me. :) And I find I also need the book title up front too. Once those are in place, it's all up to the imagination.Noelenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189586588231645515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-78087068173250710422012-02-09T16:49:03.059+00:002012-02-09T16:49:03.059+00:00I battle with choosing names for my characters, it...I battle with choosing names for my characters, it's so true that they have to be absolutely right. Love some of Dickens names and also Thomas Hardy used to have a pretty good line in intriguing names such as Fancy Day, Angel Clare (a bloke!), and Gabriel Oak who I always thought was incredibly aptly named being as dependable as the proverbial oak. It's a very good idea to Google names as often they slip into one's brain subliminally and you think you've come up with something new when you haven't. I remember using the name Kingsmarkham throughout a pocket novel. Luckily the editor spotted it as Ruth Rendell's fictional town. I love her novels although not the Wexford ones which is where Kingsmarkham features. Thank goodness for the 'find and replace' button.<br />Cara CooperThe Pocketeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124101740561917118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-51954079176834242652012-02-08T15:10:28.571+00:002012-02-08T15:10:28.571+00:00Snap! Mine's the 5th part of the original tril...Snap! Mine's the 5th part of the original trilogy. Not sure what you call that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-25939064844940346572012-02-08T13:05:02.528+00:002012-02-08T13:05:02.528+00:00Chrissie, we've just sent off our latest novel...Chrissie, we've just sent off our latest novella which is set in the 1950s and has Olive as a character!Patricia Keysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082225991760220713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-18446403789484291142012-02-08T10:37:20.678+00:002012-02-08T10:37:20.678+00:00I agree about the importance of the right names, P...I agree about the importance of the right names, Patricia. Until I have a name I don't have a character. The same with the setting. And I'm sorry about getting there first with Midchester! It was going to be Middleton, but I saw that someone else had already used that.Quillershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148636009202550512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327129601484697455.post-78453488343766671782012-02-08T10:01:47.582+00:002012-02-08T10:01:47.582+00:00I so agree about choosing the right names. I often...I so agree about choosing the right names. I often start with one and realise she or he doesn't fit my image. You mentioned Olive .. I've just called someone Olive in my current WIP! I often set my books in Cornwall so yes, the Tre/Pol and Pen feature. I make up names always for the main setting but characters visit Truro, Penzance, St Ives etc. I know them all well enough to use proper descriptions without causing a problem. I never advertise a known hotel, shop etc. as someone would be certain to complain. One tip I have learned (after a huge error once) is to Google a 'made up' name to see if they exist really. My last one turned out to be a US senator so I quickly altered it! Don't want to be sued. Now back to 1952 to meet up with my characters again.<br />ChrissieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com