Meme, picking up Day 1-4
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valarltdSince I jumped in late, here's the earlier answers.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
My favorite is the dark future, with the DisUnited States. There is so much to play with, from the high-tech surveillance society that lurks under Heartland's bucolic, Music Man facade to the theocracy that runs the Confederated States, to the relative freedom of the United States.
It's fun at the lower levels, where Chuck and Seven live. But when you get up into the Ligatos Group and its levels, that when the real plots start.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
*hollow laugh* Let's just count the actual active ones and not the backstory ones, shall we?
Chastity
Prudence
Sara
Elizabeth
the 2 maids
Josette
Safi
Isis
Marian
Tanis
Akino
Benta
Dante
Gerda
Signi
Elena
Linda
Mother Vivian
Elizabeth
Alice
Dinah
Sin
Suzi
Hannah
Ming Xia
Nagina
Tabitha
Adele
Rena
Adina
Mama Bellini
Cleo
Zara
Trudy
Chin Sun
Cat
Amanda
Halfmoon
Betsy
Rapunzel
Medusa
three daughters
Rosa
Annie
Catherine
Ardis
Melanie
Jene
Ulysses
Paul
Edward
Charles
Nigel
Vincent
Niankhkhnum
Khnumhotep
Osiris
Anubis
Robert
Robin (x2)
John (x2)
Will (x2)
Phillip
Richard
David
King John
Cliff
Jake
Frank
Nick
James
Val
David
Steven
Michelino
Chuck
Seven
Charles
Deputy Stevens
Fred Halfmoon
Mr. McCullough
Bruce
nick
Torturo
Marvello
Elijah
Wolfgang
Clovis
Shane
Victor
Appolo
Zeph
Iakobos
Ren
Iain
Nathaniel
Adlai
Samir
Thomas
Stephan
Pete
dad
uncle
sean
Ruvane
Etarin
Skrit
Anthony
Josh
Papa
Josh's 3 Brothers
dad
twins
Gabe
Sean
marine
Paul
Dan
Corin
Cian
3 sons
Jared
Jarrett
Taylor
Teague
Conlan
pet
Matt
Artemus Williams
Pete
50 female, 101 male And that's not counting all the shorts or the gender-queer characters
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
I start from the character's birth year. Then I check the list of baby names popular in that year. If I'm writing fantasy or SF, I take a less common name and alter it. Reuben became Ruvane for "For Love of Etarin."
Sometimes, I use a random generator:
1d4+2 for the number of letters
1d20 for consonants
1d6 for vowels.
Then I play with it.
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
One of my earliest (age 15) was a write-up of my ideal D&D game, an exploration of Keep Theda by an adventuring party. It was abysmal. But some trends were evident early in my work. And some of the characters did make it into other work here and there. Zara turns up with some frequency.
1. Tell us about your favorite writing project/universe that you've worked with and why.
My favorite is the dark future, with the DisUnited States. There is so much to play with, from the high-tech surveillance society that lurks under Heartland's bucolic, Music Man facade to the theocracy that runs the Confederated States, to the relative freedom of the United States.
It's fun at the lower levels, where Chuck and Seven live. But when you get up into the Ligatos Group and its levels, that when the real plots start.
2. How many characters do you have? Do you prefer males or females?
*hollow laugh* Let's just count the actual active ones and not the backstory ones, shall we?
Chastity
Prudence
Sara
Elizabeth
the 2 maids
Josette
Safi
Isis
Marian
Tanis
Akino
Benta
Dante
Gerda
Signi
Elena
Linda
Mother Vivian
Elizabeth
Alice
Dinah
Sin
Suzi
Hannah
Ming Xia
Nagina
Tabitha
Adele
Rena
Adina
Mama Bellini
Cleo
Zara
Trudy
Chin Sun
Cat
Amanda
Halfmoon
Betsy
Rapunzel
Medusa
three daughters
Rosa
Annie
Catherine
Ardis
Melanie
Jene
Ulysses
Paul
Edward
Charles
Nigel
Vincent
Niankhkhnum
Khnumhotep
Osiris
Anubis
Robert
Robin (x2)
John (x2)
Will (x2)
Phillip
Richard
David
King John
Cliff
Jake
Frank
Nick
James
Val
David
Steven
Michelino
Chuck
Seven
Charles
Deputy Stevens
Fred Halfmoon
Mr. McCullough
Bruce
nick
Torturo
Marvello
Elijah
Wolfgang
Clovis
Shane
Victor
Appolo
Zeph
Iakobos
Ren
Iain
Nathaniel
Adlai
Samir
Thomas
Stephan
Pete
dad
uncle
sean
Ruvane
Etarin
Skrit
Anthony
Josh
Papa
Josh's 3 Brothers
dad
twins
Gabe
Sean
marine
Paul
Dan
Corin
Cian
3 sons
Jared
Jarrett
Taylor
Teague
Conlan
pet
Matt
Artemus Williams
Pete
50 female, 101 male And that's not counting all the shorts or the gender-queer characters
3. How do you come up with names, for characters (and for places if you're writing about fictional places)?
I start from the character's birth year. Then I check the list of baby names popular in that year. If I'm writing fantasy or SF, I take a less common name and alter it. Reuben became Ruvane for "For Love of Etarin."
Sometimes, I use a random generator:
1d4+2 for the number of letters
1d20 for consonants
1d6 for vowels.
Then I play with it.
4. Tell us about one of your first stories/characters!
One of my earliest (age 15) was a write-up of my ideal D&D game, an exploration of Keep Theda by an adventuring party. It was abysmal. But some trends were evident early in my work. And some of the characters did make it into other work here and there. Zara turns up with some frequency.
