Cohosts for this month are Beverly Stowe McClure,Tyrean Martinson, Tonja Drecker, and Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor!I was busy last month. I have almost 50,000 words in a new book, and I had a book baby! The optional question this month is:
What's harder for you to come up with, book titles or character names?
Definitely titles. I love the webpage Behind the Name. They also have one for surnames. I also like to use sites that list names popular in a particular year.
What about you?
Oh, and the awesome Crystal Collier has a truth/lie thing going on about me on her IWSG post this month.
You had a great month!
ReplyDeleteTitles are definitely more challenging for me.
Yeah to both!
DeleteMy character names tend to overly reflect the time, place and socioeconomics of where I grew up, thus they tend to be overly bland. I find titles come to me fairly easily once I start really writing.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your progress!
It took me a year to come up with a title for my first book.
DeleteWow!! 50k is awesome!! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteHelps to be retired now and writing full time.
DeleteI love those type of sites! There are all sorts from historical to fantasy and even elfin. :D
ReplyDeleteI know, right?
DeleteCharacter names are easy for me. I sometimes enlist beta readers' help with book titles. Taglines, now there's a tough job.
ReplyDeleteAt my old job we used to accept passport applications. There were so many times when I'd want to write down the names! lol
DeleteYou had a busy month indeed. Character names are easy. The characters often suggest their own. But titles are a killer. "Buy Me, Read Me" sends the right message but doesn't quite capture the story.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when you writers give your books an untranslatable name and then Dezzy has to wreck his brain :)
ReplyDelete50k words? Heck yeah, keep going:) Sounds like you're on a roll:)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on such a productive month! Keep going!
ReplyDeleteJQ Rose
50K words is grand indeed.
ReplyDeleteBoth come easy to me, so far at least.
Oh, I'm going to have to check out those websites! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good month. I'll have to check out that website too.
ReplyDeleteHow fantastic! Keep up the great work. Titles are difficult for me too.
ReplyDeleteLOL! I was hosting you and didn't even make it over to your blog. *sigh* It was awesome to have you, btw.
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