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Naming Conventions; What They Are, What They Signal

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Marion

I was thinking about fantasy naming conventions this morning because I just finished a second-world fantasy that didn’t have one. One group of people had a certain style of name. (Mostly the writer stuck a random letter Y into various … Continue reading →

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Rogue One: Cassian Andor is Really Lando Calrissian (No, not really.)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Marion

Long ago (the 1970s/80s) in a place far, far away (Hollywood, CA) a space opera fairy tale named Star Wars was created. The character names clued you in right away that even though they had blasters and space ships and … Continue reading →

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A Character Emerges

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Marion

Back in November I started a first draft of an urban fantasy.  I had a placeholder character I named “Pixie.”  I chose Pixie for a couple of reasons.  The first was that I knew the character was going to be … Continue reading →

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