Jennifer A. Nielsen
For me, names come in one of three ways. Some names are symbolic. For example, Conner’s name is because he is a conman. Sage’s name came because the word sage also means “wise” and I figured Jaron would choose something like that to remind his dad that he is smarter than anyone thinks. Some names come from baby name books – I just look at names until I find ones that fit the character I have in mind – such as Tobias and Imogen. The third way is by making up the name by combining the sound of letters. This would be true for Amarinda or Mott. For example:
Bolivia -> Bosivia -> Losivia -> Lasivia -> Until it sounds right to you.
Bolivia -> Bosivia -> Losivia -> Lasivia -> Until it sounds right to you.
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Hey Jennifer A. Nielsen, I've been a huge fan of your books for a while now and I just started reading "The Captive Kingdom". But I have 2 questions: 1 - What is the flag for Gelyn and Mendenwal? 2 - Have you thought of making the Ascendance series into an animated series? Wikipedia says that paramount did not renew the contract for a FP film in 2017, and imo an animated series would better depict the books.
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