As i was looking at the eight names I have picked out for my current characters, I noticed a trend: Biblical names. So, I research the origins of all eight names. It turns out that half are Biblical in origin and the other half are all Greek in origin. Are Biblical and Greek names so common that it is likely that I would choose nothing but those? No Scandinavian? No English? No Irish? Just Hebrew and Greek?
I also named my fictional town Eden. Hmmm, am I sensing a theme here? Stephen King in On Writing says that themes will naturally emerge without any conscious effort to put them there.
I must confess that Cassie's (Cassandra: Greek, prophet of doom) last name is very Dutch. Because everytime I use her full name I get two extra words: Van de Graaf. Heh. I used this little trick last year with Jennifer Van Cortlandt, but I decided to take it to a new level this year. :)
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