Comments on: Guest Blogger: Liz Jasper

By: Liz Jasper

Liz Jasper — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:25:18 +0000

Hi Larena, hope the picture in your head isn’t too awful. : )

Mona, the problem with naming villians after people you don’t like is that they’ll KNOW you don’t like them. “Really, Uncle Charlie. When I wrote ‘he is the devil’ and named him after you, I meant it as a compliment.”

By: Mona Risk

Mona Risk — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:10:08 +0000

Great blog,
One of the first things I do when starting a story is line up the names and characters behind them. I need fun names for me h/H. My villains’ names are the most difficult to choose. I’ll often select the name of people I don’t like. LOL I’m also careful never to use two names that start with the same letter.

By: Larena Wirum

Larena Wirum — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:23:04 +0000

That support group would probably be very interesting. I could just picture that. Too funny.

By: Liz Jasper

Liz Jasper — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:42:07 +0000

Hi Lillian, glad to have company in the nameless pit. : )

Hi Amanda, that’s just classic. : ) I’d ask what name it is, but then I’d probably want to steal it and our characters would have to form a support group.

By: amanda ashby

amanda ashby — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:23:08 +0000

OMG- I love the story about your mom’s next door neighbour and the cat minding. Too funny! I love figuring names out, but I find myself going back to the same ones over and over again and I just discovered my current heroine has the same last name as the previous hero. Whoops.

By: Lillian Feisty

Lillian Feisty — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:07:48 +0000

I hate the name thing, too. But I can’t wait to read your book!

By: Liz Jasper

Liz Jasper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:52:10 +0000

Thanks, Linda N. : ) I hope you enjoy reading Underdead when it gets to the top of the pile.

Hi Jane, I like Sebastian, too, but I have a good friend with that name so, once again, foiled. I need some friends with crappy names.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:39:38 +0000

Hi Liz,
Congrats on your first release. For some reason I like the name Sebastian. I notice it’s a popular hero name, but I haven’t gotten sick of reading it.

By: Liz Jasper

Liz Jasper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:30:14 +0000

Hi Helen, fine, rub it in. LOL.

Hi Amy G. I’ve had requests from family members and friends to use their names, but so far I’ve resisted. My favorite request was from an old friend who, when I had contest to name a vampire in the sequel to Underdead, volunteered his own name. As in “Liz, if your vampire is tall, dark and extremely handsome, the name choice is obvious.” LOL. I made him a janitor. Heh, heh.

By: Liz Jasper

Liz Jasper — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:29:57 +0000

Shelley, I have a similar problem trying to write a character before I name them.

Hi Linda, the problem with imagination is it leads me to ridiculous names like…Bartholomew Bickersby. Not good. I’m writing paranormal, not farce. : )