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The Name of the Prose, Part 1: What’s in a Name?
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Posted on March 20, 2019 by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff

Here’s a question for you, Dear Reader. What publisher would have taken Bram Stoker seriously if his villain had swept onto the page and said, in sepulchral tones, “I am Count Humperdink. I want to drink your blood”?

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Posted in Books and Reading, Research, Writers on Writing | Tagged language, names, reading, titles, words, writing craft

What’s in a Name?

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Nancy Jane Moore

“[T]hat which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” So Juliet says to Romeo, exhorting him to deny the name of Montague. “O be some other name!” But while Romeo is willing enough to throw … Continue reading →

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Posted in Culture, Feminism, LGBT | Tagged names, Shakespeare

What’s in a Name?

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Nancy Jane Moore

On the panel on trends in feminist science fiction at ArmadilloCon (panelists pictured above in a photo by Elze Hamilton), Stina Leicht observed that she consciously decided to use her given name as a byline when she started writing. But … Continue reading →

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Posted in Conventions, Feminism | Tagged ArmadilloCon, feminist science fiction, names

What’s In a Name?

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Nancy Jane Moore

When I began writing fiction, I decided to use my full name as my byline. There was a very practical reason for this: Nancy is the 12th most common female name in the U.S., while Moore currently ranks as the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Rants | Tagged names

Ben Macallan and Me

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Chaz Brenchley

After “where do you get your ideas from?” another really common question is “where do you get your names from?” — more than once I’ve been accosted by someone who actually owned the name in question. As with ideas, usually … Continue reading →

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Posted in Book View Cafe | Tagged names, pseudonyms
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