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Lazette Gifford recently started Sff.net's E-stand to help better promote epublications. She is also the web designer and managing editor for Holly Lisle's Forward Motion: A Resource for Writers . For more information on Lazette's published stories and books, visit her home page at http://lazette.net This is a poem on the great 'fun' writers have finding a name for their characters.The
Angst of Hero Naming
The tale of a hero beyond compare, With flashing eyes and perfect hair. Flawless words flowed from my head -- Until I reached that first damned said. Now the true strife begins at last As floundering in a sea of names, I'm cast. Rosebud and Cloud are far too cute, And he's no Bob, beyond dispute Corwin? Hilton? Lane or Bard? Naming a kid couldn't be half this hard! A couple dozen names go by, (My hero gives me the evil eye) I search the shelves for baby name books (Kept hidden to avoid occasional odd looks) With frantic haste I start paging through, No, no --Androcles will never do! No Mac or Mark or Michael here Such names are too plain, I fear. Nicholas has a nice sound it's true -- But I've used it in a book or two. So to stranger, archaic lists I turn No he's absolutely not a Vern! Trying to keep plot lines in my head - Would what's-her-name take a Loki to bed? Hours of writing time frittered away That can't be the dawn of a new day! I sit and curse that first damned said -- Oh the hell with it! I'll call him Fred. Read Those Who Reach by Lazette Gifford at Dowse Fiction Hub. Bonnie Mercure, your Poetry Guide at dowse Poetry Page, is a dark fantasy author. Visit her website
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