Your Name is... WTH?

I once wrote a blog about why you should never give your hero or heroine a horrible name. Like Elmer or Beulah. Today, I want to talk about something different. Hard to pronounce or how-the-hell-do-you-pronounce-that names.


Anyone whose read my books or critiqued my stories know I have a habit of hanging weird names on my characters. Especially my heroines. For example, my Dreamers heroine is Somiar. Not so weird to me, until I was invited to a book club discussing the book. Everyone pronounce...