The naming of cats, and characters.

[cadhla]

So I begin by saying 'damn'. Please picture me staring at my computer screen in slowly growing horrified realization, eyes going very wide, before making a face and swearing; this will give you a reasonable amount of context on the exact sort of 'damn' we're talking about here. It's a good, solid 'damn

Comments

[spectralbovine]

Why do you have to change it? Clady is a cool name!

Trixie. Jill. Karen. Tina. Tracy. Contessa.

[ceosanna]

I second Contessa, or even the shortened version of Tessa.

[spectralbovine]

Haaaa. Seconding. That was my joke suggestion.

Although Tess Markham does have that D'Urberville vibe.

[ceosanna]

Hee. Contessa has flair!

[spectralbovine]

I can only think of Contessa as part of Dot's full name.

[wilhelmina_d]

Oooh. I like that. Tess Markham has a neat ring to it. I also thing Jaime is a pretty name.

[braider]

Tessa would be bad. Tessa is a woman who ran away with a man it would be icky to run away with.

(How many people know that Tessa. Not many. Still....)

If a name change it must be, Terri is fine. Or go for initials - TJ, etc.

[ceosanna]

>Tessa would be bad. Tessa is a woman who ran away with a man it would be icky to run away with.

Eww.

[science_vixen]

Please no initials. They're the stock of the "couldn't be bothered to think about it" writer.

[cadhla]

I'll probably wind up using 'Clady' for the main character in Lycanthropy and Other Personal Issues, who ceased to be a 'Chloe' when I moved the book from London to San Francisco. All things happen in time.

[spectralbovine]

Well, that's odd. I'd be more inclined to see a Chloe in San Francisco and a Clady in London, not vice versa.