Hannah

@aella One thing to do is purchase a baby name book or use a baby naming app. I have discovered patterns through researching names. For instance, the suffix “win” means “friend” in English. “Geir” means “spear,” “bjorn” means “bear,” “olf” means “wolf,” etc. So you can combine things like that. For instance, I have a character named Garawyn, which…[Read more]

@Aella ooh yay Thanks!

HC

@Aella haha thanks! If all goes well I should be finished editing by November. Then we enter the adventure of publishing hopefully. 😀

HC

@aella No problem. 😉

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I like all the names you came up with! I’d have to say, though, that I like Ganadir and Caramin the best, but that’s just my opinion. It’s really up to you. 🙂 😉

@Aella why thank you but I’m actually not sure now if it’s called a synopsis. Whatever you call the description on the back of the book. I posted it somewhere on the General Writing forum page if you want to check it out and tell me what you think of it. 🙂

HC

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Hi. I love names. 🙂 I usually just think of random letter combinations, or, if I want the word to mean something specific, I look up names that mean ________ [insert meaning]. I also have a thesaurus called The Thinker’s Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words by Peter E. Meltzer, which has a lot of unusual words in it.…[Read more]

Thanks @Aella! I’m glad I have somewhere to burst forth in outburst without seeming strange. XD
I am now going to attempt to write a synopsis which I have never done and have been putting off. But if I’m going to finish this book it has to have one and there’s no time quite like the present.

HC

I love coming up with names! What I usually do is take randomly long words from the dictionary and take out random letters from them. I.E. Peradventure would make Paventra. @aella

Not silly at all @Aella. Actually, I just take words and twist them up and see what I can make of them. Often it’s chance. Once I spelled ‘riveting’ wrong due to tangled fingers, and ended up with ‘Ivreton’. 😛
It also depends on what image you want to evoke with the name. Dignified? Try Eliandor. Fairytale-ish? Phantasmornia. Cute? Bellesmere.…[Read more]

@Aella hah thank you. In truth I despise outlining. Every fibre of my being rails against it and cries “No, we can do this on our own. We don’t need plans!” But after the uphill struggle that was my last book I think it’s mandatory. I want to get to the end of my book and be glad that it’s done, not because I can put it behind me and be done with…[Read more]

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@aella ah yes, I’m guessing Hope Ann isn’t that unique of a name. Maybe I should change it…but I can’t without setting up a new account so never mind.

I do have a project, @anna-brie, if that helps. Forest of Darkness. Now, there are two profiles of me right now. Hope Schmidt and Hope Ann. Hope Ann is my new one that I’m going to be using.…[Read more]