First of all, let's get the apology for not blogging for way too long out of the way . . . Sorry. Now that life is returning to normal (read: the kids are back in school), the blog should return to a normal schedule.
Now, on to the exciting news! I'm writing a new book. (Yes, I know you're excited.) It's different from anything I've written before, and there are parts of it that are causing me headaches. (This just keeps getting more exciting, doesn't it?) The biggest headache at the moment is that I need a city where my twin superheroes can fight crime and attend high school.
Ideally, I'd like this to be a large metropolitan area, but have a small-town feel to it. And it has to be fictitious. Think of Gotham City or Metropolis.
This is where the contest comes in. I want you to help me name this city. The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to Amazon.com! (I know, I know . . . finally the excitement begins!)
Here are the rules:
1. Come up with a cool name for my fictitious city.
2. Post it in the comments below on or before November 15th.
3. Post as many times as you like.
4. On November 16th, I'll announce the winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate to Amazon.com just in time for the Holidays!
5. The most exciting part of all? I use the winning entry as the name of my city in my newest Work In Progress (wip)!
So what are you waiting for? Give me some ideas!
Hi- fellow Blueboarder here (kadje70). My suggestions:
ReplyDeleteAristopolis
Dagon (the 'fish-god' of the Philistines in Biblical times)
If I think of anything else, I'll be back!:-)
Ooo, Dagon is pretty cool. But then, so is Aristopolis . . .
ReplyDeleteHmmm.
I like kadje's names!
ReplyDeleteHow about:
Duvessa
Lucretia
Winters
Orgite
Good luck with your wip!
Ha! My word verification was: ovingram
ReplyDeletethat (or some variation of it) might work too!
Halcyon
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
-Liz
jadedmetaphor at yahoo dot com
Great ideas!
ReplyDeleteKeep them coming
kadje70 here again.
ReplyDeleteAgabus
Piercemont
Varis
Tallin
For a more comic book feel:
Park City
Union City
Good luck!
Hmmm... Here are a few...
ReplyDeletePaladia
Titania
Odyssia
Lyceon
Sterling City
Sapphire City
Jade City
Empyre City
Devil's Rock
ReplyDeleteTanglith
ReplyDeleteAgrikon
Aramotus
Good luck!
Standage
ReplyDeleteTemperance
Nightness
Steel City
ReplyDeleteNew Hades
North Parkside
Galington
River Junction
Good luck on the new book!
I suck at names, but I'll give it a shot. I know the name of the city doesn't need to have anything to do with the twins, but it just popped in my head, so I figured wth? And I can't think of anything else. LOL.
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In a nod to your origins, how about Motor City?
ReplyDeleteTo go in a completely different direction
ReplyDeleteFlowering Meadows
Slumber Falls
Mount Peaceful
River Bend
Of which of course your town does not have to have any of these things in them...
Here's what I came up with:
ReplyDeleteArrachbury
Rowangarth
Gatereach
Archenmere
Inveraray
Gatesborne
Burgrove
Aberkirk
Glomeryver
Hawkingham
Charlehelm
Canmory
Clydeavon
I saw your post about this contest at the BBs. Good luck finding your city's name!
'Becca
Wow! You guys are good. These are some GREAT names!
ReplyDeleteKeep 'em coming! (You only have until tonight!)
Quotidia
ReplyDeleteGigadom
Blackmore
Synsation
There's lots of good suggestions already posted. Here's a few more:
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Thoram
Dantanian
Vanderburg
Brink
ReplyDeleteDrummond
Summerburg
Windurian
Munderland
Crayton City