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What do names mean as far as characters go? For me? Just about everything. Names personify people. It’s like the Jerry Seinfeld routine where he says if you name your kid ‘Jeeves’, you’re pretty much consigning him to a life as a butler. Based on your own relationships, experiences, and encounters, the moment a name is mentioned you’ll conjure up a preconception of the person attached to it. You might even think of certain characteristics that people with the same name share. I have lots of rituals when it comes to naming my characters. To begin with, I’ll scribble a lowercase and UPPERCASE alphabet in a notebook. When I come…
August Falling
Title: August Falling Publisher: Pantera Press Publication Date: 2 September 2018 Category: Suburban Noir Paperback: (234x153mm, 295 pages) ISBN Print: 978-1-925700-03-9 Ebook: 978-1-925700-07-7 The past. Sometimes we can’t escape it. After a bad relationship, August is trying to piece his life back together. It’s not perfect. His flat is small, he works in a call centre, he can ‘t finish the book he’s working on, and he’s socially challenged when it comes to women. When August meets Julie, he finds she’s everything he isn’t – confident, composed, and purposeful, despite her troubled childhood. With her, August finally begins to feel he can be himself. But Julie has a secret that…
