People
often ask me how I name my characters. Sometimes I mash the keyboard and see
what name I can make up with the letters that come up – yes really, that is now
I named the characters from my first ever book. BUT sometimes I choose to name
them after fictional characters I myself love.
For
my 1 Night Stand stories, I chose to name the brothers after X-Men characters.
For this series, I’ve chosen to use the names of my favourite princess and her
father.
Princess
Adora is also known as She-Ra. My favourite female character growing up.
To
me, she represented everything I wanted my princess Adora to have. Power,
vulnerability, sensuality, a fighting spirit and above all else, she was tough.
Once I’d picked a name for her, I wanted to name my hero after someone else in
the same universe that she lived. Unfortunately the names are all either plain
(which I don’t like at all) or just weird. So I chose Randor from the He-Man
& She-Ra universe too.
Luckily,
the names are where the similarities stop. I know of some authors who name
characters after loved ones, people they know or used to know, but I have never
been able to do that. If I even read of a character named Richard or Dennis, I
instantly think of my brothers and am instantly taken out of the story.
Which
is why I like my random, sometimes made up and literally unique names. This
book has Adora, Randor, Polara, Kiel, Elvira and my absolute favourite, Maleficent.
The most wicked witch of all deserves to be named after Sleeping Beauty’s evil
witch J
So, I
have to ask, how do you react when you see the name of someone you know in a
book? Do you not even bat an eye? Are you pulled from the story like I am? And
do you think that having different and unique names like I do is just a bit
weird?
Liia Ann White is
an Australian author, hailing from Perth ,
WA
She spent her
childhood daydreaming about far off lands, creating her own unique characters,
reading books about witches, faeries, demons, ghosts and a host of supernatural
creatures. Eventually, she gained the courage to put her imagination to work.
A self-proclaimed
geek, Liia collects Disney and Star Wars memorabilia and loves all things
nerdy.
A vegan animal
lover, she wishes to one day have her own rescue shelter for unwanted and
'unadoptable' animals. When not writing, she can be found reading or spending
time with her dogs.
Liia is a member
of Romance Writers of America, Romance Writers of Australia, Passionate Ink,
Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal Chapter of RWA and Young Adult Chapter of
Romance Writers of America as well as being the webmistress for YARWA.
Always interested
in meeting new people, Liia can be found on facebook or twitter almost
constantly.
Website:
www.liiaannwhite.com
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/LiiaAnn
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/LiiaAnnWhite
