Any day now, Ocean of Time–Book No. 15 in the Bell Mountain series–will be released on the market. And I’d like to do something special to mark the occasion.
I’m contemplating a suggestion made two days ago by “Thewhiterabbit.” It’s simple: award a prize to the reader who can come up with the coolest name for a new character.
It doesn’t have to be a major character, but I warn you–minor characters don’t always stay minor, villains turn over new leaves, and sometimes just the name is enough to propel a character onto center stage.
So all right, let’s try it: “Name A New Character.” Just a name should be enough; but it should also be allowed to add a little more information. But stop there! It’ll be up to me to do something with that character. And bear in mind that the next two books (at least) are about King Ozias, who lived some 2,000 years before King Ryons.
A writer can get a lot out of an intriguing name. Moby Dick, you know, began with the sentence, “Call me Ishmael.” I have to say I found that irresistible. Maybe the best opening line ever written: props to Herman Melville.