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

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[scholarinexile]

Casey?

And I feel your pain. I've had several very good names I was quite proud of used verbatim by other authors. I write fantasy, and the key city of my world is called Highmoon...which is evidently a major city in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons. I still haven't convinced myself to rename it and the world remains unpublished.

[cadhla]

Casey was the lead in Ice Princess -- I think I need to avoid for similar reasons of theme.

I love working in a narrowly defined genre.

[scholarinexile]

Hmm. Good point. Kylie?

Oh, by the way....hi. I'm Adam, and I friended you a few days ago because, well, you're cool. I may steal your "100 surreal things that have happened to me" post and run one myself, if that's okay; I've had a pretty weird life.

Name game

[apocalypticbob]

I think Corrie...It's unusual and has a similar sound, and I've not seen it used. Could be short for Corrinne...

[cathain]

Hmmm. Hard sounds.
Jillian (Jill)
Kara
Kana

[phantomdancer]

Out of curiosity, did you just recently see Mean Girls? or were you previously unaware of the name correlation?

[cadhla]

I saw Mean Girls in the theatre, however long ago that was; ohimesamamama is one of my proofreaders on UAS, however, and she just saw it this weekend. So I'd forgotten the name thing until she pointed it out.

[braider]

Breya?