tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post4563738716388334912..comments2023-10-12T12:39:14.159+01:00Comments on Nyki Blatchley, Fantasy Author: A Local Habitation and a NameNyki Blatchleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07707481035530963855noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8924177687424620844.post-47393222863024596592011-08-28T22:29:50.178+01:002011-08-28T22:29:50.178+01:00In my first book, an editor went through and chang...In my first book, an editor went through and changed some of the names. I don't know how she decided it, but she did a GREAT job. The main villain now has a more villainous sounding name and one of the major characters, an unassuming but powerful magician, has a more fitting name.<br /><br />In my latest novel (not the next one to be published, but the one I am writing now), I took some examples from other languages. For example, in Japan, many, many girls have names that end in -ko like Momoko, Michiko. Men do not. For the centaurs, all of the males have one-syllable names like Lynx, Wal, Kyt and all of the females have multi-syllable names like Lynda or Kami. I did not notice it until you mentioned it in your post but all of the female names end in vowel. I did not do that on purpose, but again, maybe I was a bit influenced by Japanese.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033301295814742480noreply@blogger.com