Penny: Eight thousand, right?
Me: What?
Penny: Eight thousand. That's about how many words you have left to write before you reach the NaNo goal?
Me: Oh, yeah. But when NaNo is over I have to start on the other narrative.
Penny: Think you'll make it?
Me: Probably.
Penny: How does it end?
Me: How does what end?
Penny: My narrative.
Me: *smiles* You should know. It's your story.
Penny: Yeah, but you've added a lot of stuff I didn't think you'd add.
Me: You told me a lot of things I never knew.
Penny: Such as?
Me: I don't think I can talk about that without offending some of the readers.
Penny: That's not all my fault.
Heather: You know, Penny, the first step toward recovery is admitting you have a problem.
Penny: You stay out of this, Heather. Go back to your own book.
Me: Ladies, please. Heather, I'll get back to your story in a little while. Right now I need to finish working on this one.
Heather: *takes a seat, muttering under breath* Man. She is never going to send a query for me. *yells* NYT's best-seller list is waiting for my story, Kat.
Me: Don't be such a prima donna, Heather. Have some patience.
Penny: *sighs* Now that that unpleasantness is behind us.
Heather: *sticks out her tongue*
Penny: You still have a character to name yet, huh?
Me: A couple of them.
Penny: I'm talking about my son.
Me: Your son?
Penny: That's what I said. My son.
Me: He already has a name.
Penny: No, no, no. His name can't stay like that. People will know.
Me: Know what?
Penny: You know.
Me: No, Penny, I don't know. I haven't written it yet.
Penny: You know, that thing I did that kicked this whole story into motion.
Me: Oh, you mean the kid...
Penny: Shhhhhhhhh!
Me: You know what you did was wrong, right?
Penny: That guy wronged me first. Twice, actually.
Me: Three wrongs don't make a right.
Penny: I did what I had to do. I helped more people than I hurt. Besides, the ones who got hurt were bad, and I couldn't get justice any other way.
Me: So, you're a vigilante?
Penny: Can we get back to the point? What are you naming my son?
Me: I don't know.
Penny: Maybe you should ask your blog readers for ideas. They're creative folks.
Me: Indeed. That sounds like a good idea.
I'm fresh out of spark for names right now. Would anyone care to suggest a name Penny's son?
Here's a little bit about him: He was born in the mid-1990s, love skateboarding, plays bass guitar and loves heavy metal music.
I'd love your input.
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Hey! Have you checked out the US Census for the '90s? It's a good way to sort through the popular names at the time. Maybe one of them will strike you as the one. http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi
Maybe Jason or Eric? or Shawn? or Kyle?
I love this dialogue!
Out of the popular names for 1995, I think Tyler or Zachary might work for this boy.
I tried and think about all the boys I had a crush on in the 90's. (My junior high/high school years). There was Ryan, Chris, Eric, Darren, Jake, Tony, and Josh.
I was waaaaay boy crazy ;)
OH, this is GREAT! Love it.
Okay, for name ideas:
Josh
Jake
Tyler
Brandon
Austin
Jordan
Than
Now, I'm more for the Josh/Jake/Tyler variety. But that's me.
I think Caleb is cool too.
How about Jake, Zac, Logan, Caleb, Umm....that's all I can think of!
Ohhh. I like Logan!!
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