I friggin hate surnames. In my fantasy novel the mages don't have surnames, while humans do. One because I am lazy and two it is a 'show not tell' way of identifying the mages.
In the novel I am querying for one character has the surname that means 'crow/raven' and if you know that, then it is a direct clue of who the killer is since drawings of crows pop up at each crime. Or Psyche being named after the goddess of the soul because it is ironic they are trying to determine if this feral child can even be human. In defense, it is not the character's true name, but the one they gave her to protect her identity.
The fun way of finding last names, I like to watch credits of movies, and copy down names I like. I used to drive myself nuts picking names that meant something, but I gave up. I hated being stuck in the parameters of what the name means. Why did I change Karyen to Karyn because it is always tagged as not being spelled right. Why is her last name Lee, because I never thought of anything better.
In the novel I am querying for one character has the surname that means 'crow/raven' and if you know that, then it is a direct clue of who the killer is since drawings of crows pop up at each crime. Or Psyche being named after the goddess of the soul because it is ironic they are trying to determine if this feral child can even be human. In defense, it is not the character's true name, but the one they gave her to protect her identity.
The fun way of finding last names, I like to watch credits of movies, and copy down names I like. I used to drive myself nuts picking names that meant something, but I gave up. I hated being stuck in the parameters of what the name means. Why did I change Karyen to Karyn because it is always tagged as not being spelled right. Why is her last name Lee, because I never thought of anything better.
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