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Emilia's avatar

I've had a high fantasy character flip around the first and last name twice now. Both were made up names and did sound better flipped around.

One high fantasy character has a nickname which I planned to use more, but the character keeps referring to himself with his given name. The significance is that the character has undergone a magical change and using the given name sort of signals he hasn't changed as much as I thought.

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Harvey Stanbrough's avatar

Interesting.

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Emilia's avatar

I've written several short stories and the choice of name can tell the reader something about the tone of the story.

The given name stories are lighter. The nickname ones are darker and I think the character views the nickname as also a job title.

He has a work self and a "true" self. He's the servant of a chaotic god, so it makes sense to keep the two roles apart.

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Harvey Stanbrough's avatar

Almost makes me glad I don't feel called to write that kind of high fantasy stuff. :-)

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Emilia's avatar

My mom had two floor to ceiling bookshelves. One had mystery books and the other high fantasy books. The results reveal which shelf I felt called to read :D

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Harvey Stanbrough's avatar

Yep.

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Tiffanie Gray's avatar

Have fun with your new hobby, It can be a fun "doodle" to play with AI. And while I don't think it will impact you in any way, just remember, that while the images are commercially licensed, they are not copyright protected. Again, I don't think it would effect you and your books/covers. But if you do Merch, it could.

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Harvey Stanbrough's avatar

No, it won't affect the books/covers. The entire work (including the derivative cover) is copyright in the writer's name. Merch might be different, but I suspect that would be covered by trademark instead of copyright.

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