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Cornelia Funke:
How do you come up with all the fantastic names in your stories? Names like Dustfinger and Silvertongue and Capricorn. Naming characters is one of the things I struggle with most in my own writing, so I'd love any tips you might have.
Cornelia Funke
Some bring their names with them like Dustfinger and Capricorn. For others I have to search in name dictionaries, books on history, texts from the time the story is set in. The name should never be a random invention. That usually sounds flat and fake:)
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Cornelia Funke:
hello Cornelia! firstly,i absolutely adore your books!! i was just wondering, because it originally said that reckless would be a trilogy but you left us with quite an open end - will there be more stories about jakob or will you leave the rest to our imagination? lots of love hannah
Austen Lea
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Cornelia Funke:
Hello Cornelia! Firstly I want to say thank you for your books, they were such an important part of my world as a child, and are still favorites to this day. I wanted to inquire about your earliest inspirations as a writer, who would you say influenced your writing style as you went about the creative process for books like The Dragon Rider? I'd love to know a few of them.
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Cornelia Funke:
Hi Cornelia! I read and finished your series Inkheart a few years ago, and I fell in love with the books; the story; the characters; the world. One thing that bothered me though was the cliff-hanger like ending to Inkdeath. Are you ever planning to write another book about the world of Inkheart?
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