tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post5390848391806900494..comments2023-05-02T00:33:07.115-07:00Comments on That Barefoot Rebel Hippie: You Name-Caller! Unusual Character Last Names {WriterlyWednesday}Leah Oxendine Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11866547395955852343noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-3077213780309831632013-02-10T11:30:47.052-08:002013-02-10T11:30:47.052-08:00Thanks for commenting, Deborah. Some of the names ...Thanks for commenting, Deborah. Some of the names I made up, but most I collected from other sources...e.g. films, books, name creator widgets, etc. My primary genre is historical fiction in which crazy names really don't fit very well typically. The craziest sounding name in my Civil War novel? Coon. Which isn't what I'd call 'crazy'. However, in my dystopian works, I like to use a ton of crazy names. Leah Oxendine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866547395955852343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-87705915002172081112013-02-10T11:03:15.604-08:002013-02-10T11:03:15.604-08:00Nice list. Are these all real names, or ones you m...Nice list. Are these all real names, or ones you made up? I know it took me a while to settle on a name for my main character. What genre do you write? Some genres are better for crazy names than others, it seems. Deborah Rocheleauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00780083960874341778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-85080161638231924542013-02-06T11:51:37.610-08:002013-02-06T11:51:37.610-08:00Hmm...some of these sound familiar. ;)
I tend to ...Hmm...some of these sound familiar. ;)<br /><br />I tend to go for the more "traditional" ones, but that's mostly laziness. :P Sometimes I just come up with them out of thin air, though. Well...except for the fact that the human grain really can't get anything out of thin air.Amandahttp://alifeonmission.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-56013650734464326402013-02-06T09:20:20.067-08:002013-02-06T09:20:20.067-08:00Of course not! Feel honoured by it, go ahead!Of course not! Feel honoured by it, go ahead!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317792300616098592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-21286035349300453402013-02-06T08:57:34.044-08:002013-02-06T08:57:34.044-08:00Thanks! Meldrum...that is really cool sounding! Mi...Thanks! Meldrum...that is really cool sounding! Mind if I add it to my names repertoire/collection? Leah Oxendine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866547395955852343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669668355895761829.post-85999354038423495272013-02-06T05:41:35.203-08:002013-02-06T05:41:35.203-08:00Great last names, Fowler is one I really like. The...Great last names, Fowler is one I really like. The last surname I used in a WIP was 'Meldrum' Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15317792300616098592noreply@blogger.com