Showing posts with label names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label names. Show all posts

Saturday, April 12, 2008

NAMING YOUR BABIES


Sometimes a character's name comes to me easily. The name just falls out of my head and poof! The character is born. Other times I have to search for the name that will fit the people in my head. They start as a person with all the quirks and habits a good character needs. They have everything but a name...so I have to send them to the fitting room and let them try on the names until I find the perfect fit.
These are a few fitting rooms that point me in the right direction:
1. This one will match the person's likes to the name-
2. Got a bad guy? Someone a little out there? Go to the Seventh Sanctum: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php
My fav from the Seventh Sanctum is here: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/gens/heroicname.html
4. I once knew a woman who named her children after state capitals. If that rings your bell go here: http://www.townsoftheusa.com/states.htm
5. And when you want to finish up with a last name, you can used the great big last name catolog (otherwise known as the phone book) or go here: http://www.last-names.net/letter.asp?s=K
That's where I get some ideas. How about you?

Last Day of NANOWRIMO --- Oh No!

 Where did the month go?  Certainly not on the page. I have an outline, some character sketches but mostly I have a lot of research notes.  ...