Now without further adieu, Joseph Eastwood...
Naming Characters and Books
When I comes
to naming a character I have to get my baby naming books out, yes, I’m 19 years
old and I have a baby naming book… not because I got knocked up, as that would
be weird; I am a guy, but because characters and naming them is important to a
writer. I do like looking through the baby naming books, sometimes just picking
it up, flicking to a page and picking a name out – through that method I have
got quite a few good names for my stories.
In my novel,
Lumen, which is soon to be released, I found the name Jac, and yes, part of me
went for that over the traditional Jack because of how it was spelled differently.
I do really like unusual spellings but sometimes there’s just something bad
about overcomplicating a name and it stumps you every time you come across it
in a book and you’re sat thinking to yourself and rolling your tongue and
pursing your lips, just trying to pronounce the name. And that’s one of the
things I always look for in a name, is it
easy to say?
Now, naming a
book is a whole different ball game, a book can have any name, a character
can’t… unless you wanted to, I mean, I’d love to read a short story about a guy
called Chair, or a girl called Couch, I don’t know, maybe it could happen, but
I doubt it. So, naming a book is totally different, and there might be
something you’re trying to show through the name, maybe the genre etc. or maybe
your book is a series of a book following one character, and you include their
name in the title, just like with the Harry Potter book, or Darren Shan. I like
the titles of my books to have a secret behind them, but also a meaning, and
for all the titles in my series, the Blood Luminary, I have only used Latin
words. Lumen is Latin for light, and then it goes, Noctem, Septimus, and
Astrum. (If you can tell me what they mean then you will receive my
unconditional love!) However, I’ve not really used anything else Latin in the
book, I just like how the words sounded in Latin, although the titles are very
key to the action of the books.
About Lumen
Lumen is the first in the
four-part Blood Luminary series following the characters, Daniel Satoria, Jac
Lister and Mia Crosgrove.
Daniel, like all other adolescents on Templar Island is going through the final transition that will allow him to manipulate the bonds of energy and do more than just tamper with his own biological form.
After a near-death experience he is accepted into Croft's Academy, the only private school on the island and for someone like Daniel to gain access to such teaching is a privilege, and they won’t let him forget it. He tries to fit in, but that’s when things take a turn for the worst, and everything he once knew can’t be possible any more. He doesn't know who to trust or what to believe.
Daniel, like all other adolescents on Templar Island is going through the final transition that will allow him to manipulate the bonds of energy and do more than just tamper with his own biological form.
After a near-death experience he is accepted into Croft's Academy, the only private school on the island and for someone like Daniel to gain access to such teaching is a privilege, and they won’t let him forget it. He tries to fit in, but that’s when things take a turn for the worst, and everything he once knew can’t be possible any more. He doesn't know who to trust or what to believe.
SOON TO BE RELEASED!
Add to Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13219801-lumen
About Joseph
Joseph Eastwood is the eldest of five siblings. He lives and grew up in Lancaster, England, where he also attends the University of Cumbria, studying English Literature and Creative Writing.
Joseph Eastwood is the eldest of five siblings. He lives and grew up in Lancaster, England, where he also attends the University of Cumbria, studying English Literature and Creative Writing.
He has always had a giant creative connection in his life, from drawing and writing to having an eclectic taste in music and reading a wide range of books, which he hopes reflects in his own writing. He also loves watching sci-fi, supernatural and fantasy based TV shows and films. Among some of his favourites are Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. As well as those he loves dramas, like The Good Wife and Desperate Housewives.
Joseph is either busy doing edits and writing or trying to get some university work done. He lives for creativity, striving to be different and thinking up new hoops for his characters to jump through.
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