July 28, 2005

• You Win Some, You Lose Some…

  
  

   

  
  

  Sigh…I received some bad news today.  The murder mystery I was going to be this August has been canceled due to low reservations.  But since I was supposed to be at rehearsal tonight, I am going to leave the house anyway and go some place quiet and cozy and work on my budding story.

  
  

  If you read an earlier posting, you would know that my characters were Ellie and Bobby.  I’ve decided that those names are a little too mundane, at least for this story.  Let me tell you a little bit about these two and maybe you’ll have some suggestions.

  
  

  The-Character-Formerly-Known-As-Ellie:  She’s very wounded from a traumatic childhood and a tortured, abusive relationship.  She is a concert pianist, extremely intelligent, and as of my last scribblings, she is foreign and while somewhat plain, has a an exotic air.  As for which country, probably Ireland or Spain (as I am half-Irish, half-Spanish so a bit partial, yes I know.)  The name does not necessarily need to be of those origins as here parents were cosmopolitan.

  
  

  The-Character-Formerly-Known-As-Bobby:  He is tough, philosophical, owns his own plumbing business.  He used to play piano, but failed at his attempts to make a living at it, a suffering artist.  He is very educated, a masters degree in Theology.  His first wife committed suicide and he has never really recovered.  He has one child, a son named Lark (hippy name from his dead mother) who plays guitar and knows The-Character-Formerly-Known-As-Ellie from college.  Lark is who brings the two main characters into each other’s lives.  I’m thinking now that Bobby is a little too cutesy for the type of man he is.

  
  

  I am tossing a few names around.  Got any suggestions?  Post them here or send me an email.

  
  

  Thanks,

  
  

  Janette

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