On the naming of characters

[winter]

I'm trolling babynames sites, and there are such a lot of names that are just begging to be used in fiction. Aldona, Indré, Frauke, Berenika, Larissa - why don't they appear more often? It seems like anyone writing, say, HP fic uses the same three names all over again. Why not have a Nicodemus Malfoy, Theodosia Black, Malvina Weasley? Dare to leaf through that baby names book, people ;)

NaNo news: Part 9 and another Interlude - tape transcript this time. I'm a little behind, but I'm damn proud of Part 9 - it might not look like much, but it's the first time I've written an almost 5K-word action scene that actually has action in it. Normally, I can't write action at all.

Four hours until Vampires. Mrr. Krolock 4EVA.

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[winter]

I know - I've known one Alyssa myself - but my Alyssa's real human name was Jo Mackenzie. The first thing she did as a vampire was threaten to tear the throat out of anyone who called her that ;)

Names are my greatest trouble with characters - they tend to name themselves, really, but first I need to try on every name in the book. Hence the trolling of baby names sites. I once spent three days trying to name a walk-on in Once Upon A Time In Mexico before settling for Renarda. Bloody characters :/