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[mizkit]

pbray posted about her very funny writer's nightmare:

Last night I woke abruptly from a dream in which I was reading the revision letter for the manuscript I'd sent in earlier this month. In the letter, my editor gently pointed out that I'd inserted a huge chunk of fanfic in the middle of the book, and I should be prepared to cut that section. She didn

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[logrusboy]

Honestly...three day...over names? You could've solved your problem in thirty seconds with the magic of "Find and Replace". Writers are weird. :P

Was there some reason to do the obsessy thing instead of the replacey thing? Just wondering because...well, I don't really know why. Just nosey I guess.

[mizkit]

Yes. As I said in the post: Now, I spend a lot of time thinking about character names and meanings and echoes and reflections and Stuff Like That. There were *reasons* for their names being what they were. Hence, I didn't want to change them. Thought that was implied. :)

[logrusboy]

I meant more what in particular was it about this specific name that was special, but I was too busy trying to be funny to actually make my meaning clear. Sorry. :(

[mizkit]

Oh. You'll have to read the books and figure it out yourself. :)

[dreamstrifer]

Ack, I've had three different characters have FIRST names that start with the same letter ('s' to be precise). In the Same Story. Which I was told in a creative writing class that it was the ULTIMATE EVIL (capital letters included). Talk about not paying attention to your writing!

[mizkit]

I usually change them when I do that, unless I've done it on purpose, which I've done once or twice, but not in anything published (yet). :) Stupid names. They're hard! :)

[knappenp]

Until you mentioned it, I didn't even think about the fact that both of their last names start with K - most of the time people refer to him by his first name or his nickname, so that didn't really register. But, I get your point.

And, happy to do so. :)