Heather Ames's Blog - Posts Tagged "building-a-novel"
What's in a Name? Plenty?
Who wants to read about a handsome and dashing protagonist whose name is Basil? Maybe a reader of Cozy mysteries. What about a heroine named Blanche?
For anyone out there who's reading this and is named either Basil or Blanche, I must qualify my previous remarks by saying, not me.
I have to find strong names that appeal to my senses, and my muse. I picked Brian for "Indelible" because it's short, to the point and without frills, which, minus the short part, describes Brian's nature if abrupt and tough are added. Kaylen was chosen because it's not a common name and it just suited my perception of a gorgeous, feisty socialite with long, curly chestnut hair.
If I'd written about Blanche and Basil, they would probably have been found with Martinis in hand, him wearing a smoking jacket and she a skin-tight black dress.
But that's a story I'll leave for someone else. Someone who doesn't write mystery/suspense with thriller elements, which is what I do best.
For anyone out there who's reading this and is named either Basil or Blanche, I must qualify my previous remarks by saying, not me.
I have to find strong names that appeal to my senses, and my muse. I picked Brian for "Indelible" because it's short, to the point and without frills, which, minus the short part, describes Brian's nature if abrupt and tough are added. Kaylen was chosen because it's not a common name and it just suited my perception of a gorgeous, feisty socialite with long, curly chestnut hair.
If I'd written about Blanche and Basil, they would probably have been found with Martinis in hand, him wearing a smoking jacket and she a skin-tight black dress.
But that's a story I'll leave for someone else. Someone who doesn't write mystery/suspense with thriller elements, which is what I do best.
