The next week is my autumn holiday. Wonderful!
I have been busy planning my second cosy mystery, The Halloween Murderer, featuring Constable Archibald Primrose and Rhapsody Gershwin again. I have a fairly clear overview of the plot, the place and the characters so I expect I´ll begin writing the first scenes this weekend.
And with regard to those characters, it will hardly come as a surprise that I have had a lot of fun selecting their names. (Remember, you can enlarge the picture by clicking on it.) My own table is a bit more detailed than this one. No need to tell you too much yet, but in my table I have all this information in
one page plus colour codes for victims, suspects and villagers who are into witchcraft.
Which name is your favourite?
Dorte - Oh, Those are terrific names!! I am so,so eager to read your mystery :-). I know it'll be wonderful.
SvarSletI love the name Iris Southcliffe. This sounds like it's going to be an intriguing read. Best of luck.
SvarSletMason
Thoughts in Progress
You are so organized! I love the flower names.
SvarSletMargot: I have discovered some time ago that to me, a character does not come alive until he or she has a name. It is such an important part of the writing that I feel much more confident once I have named my characters.
SvarSletMason: thank you.
Beth: I have to be organized when I write, or I´ll never get anywhere. I am glad you saw one of my little name games.
I'm so looking forward to this. My favourite name? Hmm, difficult.
SvarSletTracy: but I know what *my* favourite is - though I am happy I´ll be going to write it, not say it aloud :D
SvarSletThey're all fantastic names - I'm spoilt for choice. Maybe Rev Sheridan Thwing is my favourite because it's so unusual. Not that the others are ordinary!
SvarSletLet me know when the cozy I just reviewed comes out, I'll be glad to read the whole thing and give it a review.
SvarSletCD
Margaret: oh, you have hit my own favourite!
SvarSletClarissa: thank you! I wish I could give you a date, but I´ll have to sell it first.
Lots of great names, but I think I might be partial to Rhapsody Gershwin. Lotus and Poppy are especially nice, too.
SvarSletThank you, Kelly.
SvarSletRhapsody is a great name - I never forget what she is like when I write about her.
And the names Lotus and Poppy also make it easy for me to ´see´ their personalities.
I love a bit of supernatural in a mystery! The witchcraft sounds intriguing.
SvarSletElizabeth: I thought witchcraft suited a Halloween story, and I hope I can make it interesting though I don´t know very much about the subject yet.
SvarSletOh, I love that Darwin Featherstone is a slightly effeminate male - nice touch!
SvarSletVanda: and I love readers who get my little jokes ;D
SvarSletanother tale about names:
SvarSlethttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/oct/19/un-savory-roald-dahl-greene?
:)
Pia: but that is wonderful!
SvarSletDr So Wat - I don´t think I could take him very seriously :D