tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485976854797012884.post1816597747039286889..comments2023-11-03T02:50:01.781-05:00Comments on Window To My World: Dragonlight by Donita K. PaulKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02101345724592651458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485976854797012884.post-39396814980456183372008-06-03T22:18:00.000-05:002008-06-03T22:18:00.000-05:00I love your comment, Donita. Ha. Kim, you aren't a...I love your comment, Donita. Ha. Kim, you aren't alone. I struggle with the genre too. <BR/><BR/>But I also get a little lost with chick-lit. Should I care if she spent $475.00 on a pair of stinkin boots because they were designed by a guy that sounds like a sneeze? : )Scrambled Dregshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301466354814432689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485976854797012884.post-80878869061292715672008-06-01T19:09:00.000-05:002008-06-01T19:09:00.000-05:00Alas, I sympathize with you, Kim. When my son intr...Alas, I sympathize with you, Kim. When my son introduced me to fantasy, I was appalled at some of the "alphabet soup" names. When I'd run across a name like Ikymn'pnmyki, I'd shorten it to Iky and just read that instead of trying to pronounce the whole thing in my head. My son would ask me what I thought of Ikymn'pnmyki, and I'd say, "who? oh, you mean Iky."<BR/>When I started my series, I named my characters, Kale, Dar, Leetu Bends, etc. Then I met a tumanhofer in the story and although they come from towns that have only four letters in the names, the tumanhofers demanded long names. I, at least, tried to make them phonetic.Donita K. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652376147614891898noreply@blogger.com