Ask the Author: Kyra R. Croninger
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Kyra R. Croninger
I think it's safe to say that this Mosley guy does a fair bit of subtle and blatant alluding to a character to come. The Parallel is planned to be four-book series, so there are plenty of characters we haven't met yet. ;) One in particular, though, I think will demand a series of his own, to do him his proper justice. So yes...there are most certainly plans for more to come after The Parallel, and I'm very excited to share more about them as I plow along.
Kyra R. Croninger
They come to me in nightly visions.
No, okay, seriously: I don’t have a set system for name-giving. Lots of my character’s names come from my surroundings, like River Kodai, who got his name from a winery near my college (Riverwood) and the villain of a musical I had seen the week of his creation (Kodaly from She Loves Me). Yancey got his name from a person I knew as a kid (and Victoria from my roommate’s Victoria’s Secret makeup bag.) Moses’ just fell out of the sky and seemed right so I slapped it on him, but his first name, Wyatt, came from my searching baby name lists.
So…all over the place. But ultimately, it’s just “what sounds best.” I know other people go for meaning and symbolism, but that rarely happens with my cast, unless by happy accident.
No, okay, seriously: I don’t have a set system for name-giving. Lots of my character’s names come from my surroundings, like River Kodai, who got his name from a winery near my college (Riverwood) and the villain of a musical I had seen the week of his creation (Kodaly from She Loves Me). Yancey got his name from a person I knew as a kid (and Victoria from my roommate’s Victoria’s Secret makeup bag.) Moses’ just fell out of the sky and seemed right so I slapped it on him, but his first name, Wyatt, came from my searching baby name lists.
So…all over the place. But ultimately, it’s just “what sounds best.” I know other people go for meaning and symbolism, but that rarely happens with my cast, unless by happy accident.
Kyra R. Croninger
I’ve always wanted to visit Rohan, from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. It’s just the horse-girl in me. :)
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