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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure that Josie B4 Collins would work. Besides I think that was my neighbours name B4 she got married.
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I realized that after I posted it, but figured it was worth keeping.
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Fantasy names always seem to have a surname too: Thorin Oakenshield, Berek Halfhand etc.
It seems that fantasy and sci-fi are easy enough comparatively, but what about real sounding names? I hate those books with names like Brent Thornley or Cassandra Hart
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Tolkien's last names were based on adjectives that either described the character or something the character had done. Thorin Oakenshield had fought at the gates of Moria with an oak branch in his left hand, thus "Oaken shield." Gimli Gloinson was Gloin's son. Gandalf Greyhame had long grey hair. A lot more of his characters have no obvious surname: Oin, Gloin, Thranduil, Aragorn, and so forth. Hobbits are the notable exception; each Hobbit has a surname that actually works like a surname.
Course its been a while since I've read anything of his, so I could be entirely wrong.
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This post is a work of fiction, all characters mentioned are fictional. Any resemblances to persons living or dead is amazingly coincidental.
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You forgot the line about the Shadow Magazine being available at a local newsstand.
