Finding the right name

I’m giving my novel The Last Knights of Jerusalem the final, final brush up. (It’s like painting the Forth Road Bridge, always something to tinker with.)


To my consternation I found that I had broken one of my cardinal rules. Two main characters had names starting with the same letter: Stephen and Simon. One, at least, would have to be changed.


I decided to change Stephen. I first thought of Robert but many of the historical figures had names beginning with R (there are several called Raymond for example.)  So I’ve been sifting through Medieval web-sites to find an alternative to Stephen.


No luck so far.



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Published on May 25, 2012 05:27
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