[FFML] Re: [fanfic][R1/2] The Things We Wish For... LINKS "What's In a Name?" for writers

I think these resources are useful
for any fiction writer.
BUT
PRIVATE Replies, please.

I’ve just spent he last week researching a name for
the main character of an original story I’m working on.
(I’ve also gone through about 18 different titles, but
that’s another story)
I’ve been looking through my kanji dictionaries,
looking at On and Kun readings and just ordered two
books (used of course) on-line and I’m FINALLY getting
close to the name I want. ONE name out of what’s going
to be a novel length work (hopefully)

Why do I think names are so important?

Who do you believe as 007?
Bond, James Bond
or

Schwartz, Melvin Schwartz.

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but
you don’t give a dozen skunk-cabbage for Valentines day
even if they’re soaked in Chanel No. 5.

“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Is a plea, asking why Romeo has the NAME of her
familie’s worst enemy.

Heroes have to SOUND heroic and villains villainous.

Tolkein had Orcs after all, NOT Fluffies.

Names can make or break a story.

A few links that may be useful to writers:

1)Character name meanings:
http://www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/charnamesm.html

2)Names are important in Vietnam
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/names-vietnamese.htm

3) Book:“Adam’s Task, Calling animals by name” Vicki Hearne

4) What’s in a name?
http://www.mallet.dircon.co.uk/nadvice4.html

5) Creating Fictional Characters:
http://wz.com/arts/CreatingFictionalCharacter.html

6)Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs:

http://government.is/interpro/dkm/dkm.nsf/pages/eng_surnames

7) Icelandic Genealogy links:
http://www.samkoma.com/cgi/links.pl.cgi?061

8)The thing with Icelandic Names
http://radio-blonde.stanford.edu/icelandic_names.html

9)Languages of Sweden:
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Sweden

>From Ethnologue.com a very nice resource for languages of the world.

10)European/Swedish Genealogy links
http://surnamesite.com/cgi2/pages/Europe/Sweden/

11) Cool Baby Names:
http://www.cool-baby-names.com/

12)Baby Names from around the world:
http://www.nurserybright.com/babyname.htm

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