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Old 01-21-2012, 01:44 AM   #31
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Unless you're going to be like Edgar Rice Burroughs, and make up wonderful names like "Sator Throg", any name you use is going to be somebody's name. I suspect that there aren't too many people out there called "Sator Throg" .
Harry, the New York Times has an op/ed columnist whose columns are syndicated throughout the country who is a lady named Froma Harrop!
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Old 01-21-2012, 08:14 AM   #32
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Harry, the New York Times has an op/ed columnist whose columns are syndicated throughout the country who is a lady named Froma Harrop!
I work with a chap called Paul Harrop. Could be a relative!
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I've used phonebooks and indices in non-fiction works for names at times, and sometimes I've taken names from folk songs. I've also used names from movies and TV shows and mixed and matched them. I have a lot of fun with names and making up stories to go with names and vice versa.
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Lisa Gardner has a sweepstakes on her website http://lisagardner.com/interact called "Kill a Friend, Maim a Buddy". The name nominated in the winning entry gets written into her next book and killed or maimed.

I notice in her "Writers' Toolbox" section, she gives advice for aspiring writers also.
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Unless you're going to be like Edgar Rice Burroughs, and make up wonderful names like "Sator Throg", any name you use is going to be somebody's name. I suspect that there aren't too many people out there called "Sator Throg" .
can so tell that Harry is working on the Barsoom series :-)
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