tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249809056594376069.post3362051291118068481..comments2023-06-24T05:34:52.317-05:00Comments on The Writer's Lair: Roll credits... keep rolling...Mary Ruth Pursselleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325447738032828151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249809056594376069.post-18732415780868356312010-07-25T19:36:55.060-05:002010-07-25T19:36:55.060-05:00I got the name for one of my male characters, Gael...I got the name for one of my male characters, Gaelrin, from Tolkien, actually. I think it might have been Faramir's mother or maybe even Aragorn's. Her name was Gilrain, so I kind of switched the two syllable sounds around. I once got a whole lot of Welsh and Gaelic names from some name website, and I've used several of those. Like Aethnea, for a girl, I thought that was a beautiful name. I probably changed it a little from the original; I can't remember. I have the hardest time with girl names, and find it easier to think of boy names. Don't know why...<br />Anyways, I really like your blog. Thanks for giving us authors some encouragement and inspiration!<br />LauraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4249809056594376069.post-78598368949226661532010-07-08T20:34:23.555-05:002010-07-08T20:34:23.555-05:00I took, like, all of my names in Three Dark Roses ...I took, like, all of my names in Three Dark Roses from the Bible or websites of Hebrew names. For example, a minor character is named "Nili," which is an acronym for the translitarion of a Hebrew phrase which means "The Eternity(G-D) of Israel will not lie"<br />*skims Wikipedia article* Oh, and it was the name of a Jewish espionage network which assisted the United Kingdom in its fight against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine during World War I. I did not know that.<br />Well, I doubt anyone else did either.<br />Another character in the same story is Acai, which is actually named after the Brazil berry but could also be interpreted as a shortening of Acaia.Galadrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993204559713347090noreply@blogger.com