[stylist] being overwhelmed?

Thu Apr 23 04:13:33 UTC 2009

thanks Cindy.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 11:13 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
>There are certain characters that when they take on a career (life
>commitment) they are then know by their last plus Nish and the N is always
>capital. ex. Gener Anch became know as AnchNish
>
>A set of genetically engineered characters all have a name that ends with
>valli and it is always lower case. ex. Mikavalli, Krenvalli
>
>When I had some people read the first chapter, it was brought up about the
>similar sounding names could be confusing but they did not have enough of
>the novel to know it was a naming convention. That first chapter only had
>one character with Nish in his name and two characters with the valli
>ending. The valli names sounded too similar to be differentiated until the
>middle of the second chapter that they did not have access to.
>
>Cindy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James
> > Canaday M.A. N6YR
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:19 PM
> > To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] being overwhelmed?
> >
> >
> > Cindy,
> > care to share your naming convention?
> > jc
> >
> > Jim Canaday M.A.
> > Lawrence, KS
> >
> > At 08:13 PM 4/22/2009, you wrote:
> > >I personally think the names will be fine. At first, I did
> > contemplate
> > >the sameness being a problem but then I thought back to a
> > story that I
> > >am writing.
> > >
> > >In my story, I actually have a naming convention that I am
> > using that
> > >causes some characters to have similar sounding names.
> > >
> > >This is fantasy so make your own call. <smile>
> > >
> > >Cindy
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> > > > On Behalf Of helene ryles
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:21 PM
> > > > To: Writer's Division Mailing List
> > > > Subject: Re: [stylist] being overwhelmed?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yes, Zohara and Zahira are twins. Do you think their
> > names should be
> > > > slightly more differant?
> > > >
> > > > Helene
> > > >
> > > > On 23/04/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
> > > > > Here's another problem.   Are they twins?   Their names are
> > > > so close that
> > > > > the reader will get confused, especially the sighted
> > > > reader, as most sighted
> > > > > people read whole words, not letter by letter.   (This is
> > > > probably the same
> > > > > for the Braille reader).
> > > > > Lori
> > > > >
> > > > > In a message dated 4/20/09 10:56:49 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com
> > > > > writes:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Zohara and Zahira live in an environment with a high
> > > > number of deaf
> > > > >> people.
> > > > >>
> > > > >
> > > > >
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