One of my first posts on this blog ventured into a problem many fiction authors encounter – naming characters. I focused on the Misaligned series. It’s a contemporary fantasy story, albeit one with a connection to Welsh mythology, but nevertheless a story where most characters needed contemporary names. In that… Read more“You don’t need to be a philologist to create great fantasy names”
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What’s in a fictional name?
Are the names of fictional characters really important? Many authors struggle over selecting names for their characters. Some take several chapters to resolve their dilemma. Fortunately, with the wonder of the modern word processor all it takes is a quick ‘find/replace all’ operation to globally change a character’s name. Does… Read more“What’s in a fictional name?”
