Name that character
Help me out here. I'm looking for name for the main character of my next proposal.Gender: Female
Age: 39ish
Occupation: High School Drama teacher
Marital Status: Divorced
Family Status: Two kids (sole custody), and a live-in, retired, not-so-elderly mother
Ethnicity: To be determined--the name might help here!
Hometown: Northeastern suburb or small city
Personal Issues: Just became a werecougar
I've been sifting through Popular Baby Names from the late sixties on the Social Security website, but nothing's striking a chord.
If I choose your suggestion or something similar, I'll put you in the acknowledgments and enter you into the drawing for a free copy of Eyes of Crow (to be picked October 15). But most importantly, you'll have my ever-loving gratitude.
19 Comments:
Laurel
Harvest
Sunny
Moonglow
Daisy
Harmony
How's that for a few?:-)
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Unknown at 7/12/2006 10:56 AM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 11:01 AM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 11:03 AM
Audrey
Elizabeth
Emily
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Andrew at 7/12/2006 11:11 AM
I know, particularly one who pursues younger men. The love interest in this book will be someone in his early 20s, I think. I won't make any explicit reference to the slang usage of "cougar," because that's kind of tacky and obvious, but if people know it, it'll resonate.
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Jeri at 7/12/2006 12:32 PM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 1:49 PM
And I loved the Mellencamp comment, by the way.
Thanks for the suggestions, Kathy and Andrew. Each of you had one name I was already considering (Laurel and Audrey, which sounds like a comedy team). I'll mull them over.
I love "Harvest." Not for this character, but maybe another.
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Jeri at 7/12/2006 3:08 PM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 4:15 PM
Catherine
Katrina (well, that one has other problems)
Grisabella
Josie
Milkhead
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Jeri at 7/12/2006 4:24 PM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 4:40 PM
Allison
Jennifer
Debbie
Kristen
Tracey
Sarah
Heather
Linda
Carolyn (esp popular)
Michelle (also popular)
Can't say I'm crazy about any of those names, but one could work. Good luck.
Ceciia
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Anonymous at 7/12/2006 4:47 PM
Although I don't know a Sarah...other than the one you're referring to, whom I've only met once.
For a last name, I was thinking Prowse, or something like that -- something that suggest a word like "prowl" without going right out and being a catwoman-worthy pun.
I like it. I hadn't even thought about a last name yet, and whether she'd still have her ex-husband's. She could go back to her maiden name during the book.
Oh, speaking of Catwoman, I meant to add "Serena" to the NO WAY list. Even though it's a very cool name.
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Jeri at 7/12/2006 4:55 PM
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 5:28 PM
That's the second thing today I've been too lazy to look up--the other one being a catch-phrase from Conan the Barbarian. Long story.
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Jeri at 7/12/2006 5:32 PM
I usually start with the background and then the name.
Amberlynn.
Amberlynn Prowse.
Shortened to Amber.
Or Lynn.
moon
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moonhart at 7/12/2006 7:38 PM
Everything I ever needed to know I learned from watching Conan.
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Rob S. at 7/12/2006 7:41 PM
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Unknown at 7/13/2006 11:58 AM
Jim Young
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Anonymous at 7/13/2006 7:55 PM
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Jeri at 7/13/2006 8:19 PM
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