Sequel Addicted discussion

What's your most favorite character first name and last name you've read in a book/books?

Female first name: Isabella
Male First name: Stefan

Last name: Salvatore

Female:Katsa of middluns
Male:Po of Lienid

How about a last name, Athena? :)

Thous are there last names.

okay. sorry, then the first names then?

Katsa and Po.

Sebastion Toombs
Otis Reads
Krikor DerSinanian
Mikhail Razumovsky
Sangaku Taki
Paul Basques
Yente Sheng
Jayna Kan
Cornelius Rothchild
Elmo Nesta
Juan Brossa
Bow Cowley
Nazario Maldini

wow!! never heard any of thoughs names bafore.

Wow! Cleveland... from which books are those names? I've only started reading like about August last year. I haven't heard of the names before though thanks for sharing.

I like the names Jayna, Bow and Maldini.

I have a new goal and it is to broaden up and read as many books as I can. I also want to read the classical books. Can you give me some classical titles that are good to read?

Yeah, i love Seth, too!!!

And when I read Isadora, I remembered Nymphadora! I love that character's name in H.P..

Trillian in a good one, too. :)

SiNgUrL wrote: "Wow! Cleveland... from which books are those names? I've only started reading like about August last year. I haven't heard of the names before though thanks for sharing.

I like the names Jayna, ..."
Sebastion comes from one of the Saint Books: Sebastion Tooms is down to ST or St : The Saint Simon Templar. As is Otis Reads from another Saint book.
Other characters I've used in my book Moondust and I've drawn hem from my family History/ BIO. I've connections and connecions that put my head in a spin.Armenian, Russian , Chinnereth, Dutch and German all mixed up. Plus 2 Chinese Aunts and five Chinese cousins as well gives me a feel for the right character having the right name. My next door neighbour was, in the next village , Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond so things do get interesting. Jayna and Yente Sheng from Malasia; my uncle now dead worked for the UN and lived in Malasia, then Singapore..Elmo and Nazario from Italians on one of the islands. Paul Basques was a Columbian undercover agent, that was his made -up name . I used his name in Moondust written by me, and it worked well.In fact I used some of the character names and others I didn't mention because they sounded too ordinary.Bow, unfortunately was buried in 1796 with many other youngsters aged between 3 and 7 years old. Mortuary studies and files showed something strange had happened to their graves. That's another story but I used the variations of the names.
About books to read. One thing with suggesting books it isn't necessar to read everything by that author however good they are. How many people have read all the works of Shakespear? Far better to read a selected title and then examine it for its depth, plot and a thousand and one thing.
A good book is known by its characters.(Consider the books written by Charles Dickens. I love the characters he created. Some more than others and some I love to hate. 'Love to hate' but I'm sure you'll get the irony of hating a character that is good(enough to be bad).
Oliver Twist is an appealing book for all ages.There are films , etc so there is a lot to gain from the experience.
An outstanding writer was H.E. Bates. A must read is 'The Purple Plain.' This is a love story laced with greed, meaness of character, injustice and a relentless longing. Apart from the drama the writing is good.Watch how it flows. Again the POV dictated this be made into a film.When you write your own book bear in mind the POV.If it were made into a film what might happen? The POV consideration will sharpen you writing.
Read the 'Tell Tale Heart' by E.A. Poe for the way the stor unfolds in the 1st person Dramatic Narrative.It is focused horror and because you are into that POV it can help to enhance your work.The style is fairly old now but it's still worth the read.
Graham Greene wrote a book called 'A Burnt Out Case' which will wrestle with the way you view drama.No review of the book here but it is good. Consider as you read it what makes his style. His books have been made into many films so there has to be something there that is gold.Try and find how he places certain words together and why.
D.H. Lawrence was a skilled writer.Read any of his books but rather flick open a page somewhere and see how often he uses words that we consider we need in every paragraph.I did a check on a page at random for the word 'that' and had a surprise. He used it only once in a thousand words and where he used it no other word might do.
There is a short book about by Eileen O'Conor called 'The Invisible Worm' which is a chilling tale not for those of a nervous disposition. From a writer's aspect there are many lessons to be studied from everyday life and how every word used is counted and measured for impact.The story is ordinary and terrifying, deeply disturbing, and a book I keep on my shelf as it tells me 'how to write.' Horror is best when kept simple because that's when we, the reader are caught.And I've been caught.
Obviously there are thousands of other books out there waiting to be read.But b reading a selection for a purpose what ever you write is going to get better.Come back to me if you need more suggestions.Good reading.
Best wishes
Cleveland

yeah, me too. wo-hoah! LOL

Basques? it's like last name Vasquez.

Maybe I'll look for Purple plain first. it looks interesting and "the invisible worm", too.

yeah

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Aiden Malcolm

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lol

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