Yes, I can understand the difficulty in coming up with a name without more background. I was more concerned about people's immediate visual and auditory impressions of the potential name choices - which ones made them curious about the character and her story, and which ones (if any) seemed off-putting or had negative connotations for them.
All the faeries in my book (except Knife, but even she was originally named Bryony) have plant-based names -- just a naming convention they've adopted over the centuries, since their true names are known only to themselves. There's no mystical or religious aspect to the plant-names, but I have tried to choose names that seemed to fit the personality or occupation of the faeries involved (which is one of the reasons I'm about to change the name of the Chief Cook, for instance - "Valerian" is all wrong for who she is and what she does, but "Mallow" suits her physical appearance and self-indulgent personality much better).
Anyway, at present I'm using "Vervain" as a placeholder, until I get used to it or until I think of something better. Thanks for your input!
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Re: Hmmm...
Date: 2006-11-27 01:20 pm (UTC)All the faeries in my book (except Knife, but even she was originally named Bryony) have plant-based names -- just a naming convention they've adopted over the centuries, since their true names are known only to themselves. There's no mystical or religious aspect to the plant-names, but I have tried to choose names that seemed to fit the personality or occupation of the faeries involved (which is one of the reasons I'm about to change the name of the Chief Cook, for instance - "Valerian" is all wrong for who she is and what she does, but "Mallow" suits her physical appearance and self-indulgent personality much better).
Anyway, at present I'm using "Vervain" as a placeholder, until I get used to it or until I think of something better. Thanks for your input!