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Working on my primary NaNoWriMo story since I finished the short story. I realized my brain was dry and I wasn't coming up with good names for my characters, so I turned to online name generators. All the names sounded too bland, so I picked Irish from the dropdown menu. Then I realized I'd only been picking white names, so I found me a nice Hispanic name. Then I wanted something else for my last character and decided I wanted part of the name Asian, and part Islamic, mostly for variety. I could retcon that this hodge-podge fits her do-anything character, or that it demonstrates the genetic mixing that takes place in a fixed population, but really I just wanted something new. I posted to the NaNoWriMo forums b/c I was having a hard time finding an Islamic name generator online, and the Asian names I found were either androgynous (to American me) or else were stupid anglicisms like "Beautiful Tree" or "Strong Wind". I got a bunch of helpul replies too, and then I got this one.

Racefail cut for the sensitive )

NaNoWriMo

Nov. 3rd, 2009 08:36 am
I'm going to try it, though not aggressively (I want to write, I don't necessarily want to write a novel). I'm zandperl. I'm starting off with finishing a supposedly short story that I started this summer.

Edit: Anyone know why people can't find me in a search? I don't see a setting for this that I've blocked or something.

Edit again: This should link to my profile.

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