I was away with the faeries when I put up the post yesterday as I am sure readers will realise that Honour and Loyalty were books 5 and 6 in the series. I have been checking the printer's proofs for Conspiracy this week (a rush turnaround as it will be published at the end of June) so have been overworking the brain cells. Book 3 The Loveday Trials was the odd cover out as it shows a tine mine and was chosen as an evocative Cornish scene instead of a woman.
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Dear Ms. Tremayne,
I've been reading your books (BUT OF COURSE!) and thinking about the characters. You have come up with such wonderful names for them -- Senara, Japhet, Elspeth, Bridie, St. John, Rowena, Rafe, Rhianne, Lisette. No run-of-the-mill names for your characters! How do you decide what to name your characters? Do you give it as much thought as a new parent gives to naming her child? (And just maybe you were a youngster who also had great names for your dolls and pets!)
A loyal U.S. fan and "Ambassador" for all your lovely LOVEDAY books
Another interesting question Marilyn. Names have to feel right for a character and their personality. Adam very alpha male and had a masterful ring to it. St John is a popular Cornish name and he would be very different from his twin. Japhet appeared fully rounded as a character once I found the name. Elspeth again her personality seemed to fit the name. Senara I played around with and wanted it to sound both Cornish and Celtic. Bridie again Celtic for the goddess Brigid. Rhianne and Sara similar reasons as above. Nathan and Joel seemed right for Adam's sons with Nathan more like his father and Joel something of a time bomb waiting to go off. Rafe I just liked. I try hard to make the names both dissimilar so that readers do not get confused. However having said that I've just discovered in the printer's proofs of Conspiracy that a servant of Adam's Billy Brown happened to marry Gilly and they had a son Will. But that makes Billy,Gilly and Willy Brown which is a bit silly so no matter how careful I am I don't always get it right.
Dear Ms. Tremayne,
One of the things that makes this blog so extraordinary is that you respond. I've participated in a blog where there was no give-and-take. It was too much like talking to myself! (And I'm not that interesting.)
Thank you so much for your explanation. As usual, you've interjected your good humor (Billy, Gilly, Willy, silly) which I greatly appreciate.
You're so right about avoiding similar names for the sake of your readers' sanity. I once read a book where there were TWO primary characters with the SAME FIRST NAME! As a privateer might say, "Sink me!"
A loyal U.S. fan and "Ambassador" for all your lovely LOVEDAY books
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