tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post2137442872889139745..comments2023-10-30T08:48:00.941-05:00Comments on Amy De Trempe: Blog Block - Kind of Like Writer's BlockAmy DeTrempehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785965181851533070noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-24534642133127167142009-05-27T19:32:17.494-05:002009-05-27T19:32:17.494-05:00I love good old-fashioned names. Solid names. Tom,...I love good old-fashioned names. Solid names. Tom, John, Mike. Those kinds of names!Jill Kemererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865493609868329393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-54829837934547118782009-05-26T14:30:58.418-05:002009-05-26T14:30:58.418-05:00I seem to use rhyming names, lol and a friend poin...I seem to use rhyming names, lol and a friend pointed it out to me that it doesn't work well in fiction for remembrance sake. So now I am really trying harder to come up with names I love for them:) Good informative post!Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-24212719309618185542009-05-25T11:11:57.641-05:002009-05-25T11:11:57.641-05:00Thanks for stopping by, Angie. That is one of the...Thanks for stopping by, Angie. That is one of the beauties of a contemporary novel. You can use any name you like and nobody will question it.Amy DeTrempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785965181851533070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-84179369416273862032009-05-25T10:48:33.657-05:002009-05-25T10:48:33.657-05:00Great discussion. Naming isn't a problem for me wi...Great discussion. Naming isn't a problem for me with contemporary women's fic. :)<br /><br />Some writers cruise baby name books, others research the meaning of names on search engines, etc., so I'm lucky to be able to pick and choose from current popular names that fit the characters' age ranges.Angie Ledbetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407006980893727627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-79892142624710800142009-05-24T21:35:16.820-05:002009-05-24T21:35:16.820-05:00Jody, you are right with regard to historical. Th...Jody, you are right with regard to historical. There are some names that I love, but they don't work for Regency England or the French Revolution. I have had fun researching French names though.<br /><br />Jeanette, I have a few character naming source books with their meanings and they have really been beneficial. I also have a hard time settling on a last name and usually hit the phone book for those. It is funny, I've used scriptures in my novels but never in a blog. I love reading them when others do and need to develop the habit of doing that myself.<br /><br />Jessica, you have given me an idea. I do have a female character - not nice at all and still in the developemental stages (not my heroine). Hmmmm, I wonder if I should name her Delilah :).<br /><br />At least I know Biblical names are safe. They are far older than any time period I write and have used at least a few of them in every novel.Amy DeTrempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785965181851533070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-28775909175686682802009-05-24T20:24:27.275-05:002009-05-24T20:24:27.275-05:00How interesting. Isn't pansy a nasty way of callin...How interesting. Isn't pansy a nasty way of calling someone a coward? Definitely not Scarlett. :-)<br />I would never name a character Delilah. LOL<br /><br />Some of my characters have meanings to their names. It's a fun process, trying to decide a name. Sometimes annoying. :-)Jessica Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12365768876905444157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-73460247841379568262009-05-24T15:51:58.025-05:002009-05-24T15:51:58.025-05:00Amy:
I love to delve into the meaning of names, to...Amy:<br />I love to delve into the meaning of names, to give more flavor to a person's character. If you had a book that told meanings as well as origins, that may help you choose the perfect name for your characters. <br /><br />I agree with you: Pansy would simply not fit Scarlett!<br /><br />Good post, Amy.<br /><br />BTW, if you run out of ideas, encouraging Scriptures and quotes are always nourishing to us writers!<br />JenJeanette Levelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12898750484193832082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-19242874755511499202009-05-24T14:31:34.271-05:002009-05-24T14:31:34.271-05:00I don't think we have much room to be creative wit...I don't think we have much room to be creative with names when we're writing historicals. Seems like there's no way to get around using John and Mary and Elizabeth and Charles! Actually I did find a list of the most commonly used names of Elizabethan England and it has been helpful.Jody Hedlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424307540530719614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-86109397023231155952009-05-24T12:13:27.409-05:002009-05-24T12:13:27.409-05:00Keli, Thanks for the website. I didn't know abou...Keli, Thanks for the website. I didn't know about that one.Amy DeTrempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785965181851533070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884411045598601037.post-87434873990059108152009-05-24T12:11:07.230-05:002009-05-24T12:11:07.230-05:00I, too, write historicals. One site I like to use ...I, too, write historicals. One site I like to use when choosing a name is the Social Security Administration's Popular Baby Names index. You can find out what names were most used from the year 1879 on. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/index.htmlKeli Gwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236868298400593688noreply@blogger.com