Playing Dirty

Possibly the title for my work in progress. Not quite made up my mind which is par for the course. It’s the story of Linton and Thorne. Linton is an architect and Thorne is an actor, and their lives become entwined because of a mutual acquaintance whose name has changed so many times, I’ve confused myself. I try really hard not to use the same initials for characters but it’s something that many writers slide into without realising. I think we get the sound in our head and bingo – there’s a Josh, Jeremy and Jolyon before we know it. It’s very hard to find names that haven’t been over-used too. Just as I think – oh that’s unusual, I find someone else has used it. Not only that but two names in the same book as two names in one of mine. Arrghh.

So when I DO hear a name that’s different – I write it down. I have a long list to look at and choose what fits. If only that worked with titles.