Comments on Pens Fatales: Place Names Rock

Ooh, I love finding out the origins of various wor...

2009-12-08T12:03:47.071-08:00

Ooh, I love finding out the origins of various words! This one is a doozy!

Sophie, you always have great names. You only need...

2009-12-08T09:03:01.248-08:00

Sophie, you always have great names. You only need Lisa to point out that four of them all begin with B. I never notice that.

Oh....people, this is just one tiny small example ...

2009-12-07T08:30:13.848-08:00

Oh....people, this is just one tiny small example of how smart our L.G.C. is. She is our secret weapon. She has taught me not only to plumb words for their sounds and meanings - especially, as she says, the place names - but to *hear* them differently.

Every time I start a new book, I tell her about the names I am thinking of and we talk about everything from where they came from to the emotions they invoke in the speaker.

But I feel duty bound to tell you all that we are not sharing her. We are keeping her plenty busy with our own endless queries, thank you. Recently a tussle broke out among the pens for L.G.C.'s attention, and that's, y'know, in the family - i hate to think what would happen if we had to contend with far-flung fans and researchers!! :)

Just imagine the the google searches you'll tu...

2009-12-07T08:20:28.335-08:00

Just imagine the the google searches you'll turn up on now having used the phrase "research orgy".

Great post. I love hearing people's journey from creative inkling to book or song.

THAT is a fascinating story of yours. Absolutely f...

2009-12-07T05:50:04.175-08:00

THAT is a fascinating story of yours. Absolutely fantastic I tell you. I so get that--that is how I process "thinkings" as I call them.. and it is THE most fun to discover treasures.