Sunday, October 16, 2011

Winner Winner! (and oh yeah, help me name my kid.) ;)

The winner of THE NEXT DOOR BOYS by Jolene Perry is.... Kate Larkindale!
Thanks so much for stopping by and entering! Look for an email from me in your inbox! :)

Also, I've never had any trouble naming characters in my books, but for some reason, the hubs and I CANNOT decide on a name for this baby on the way! We've never struggled like this before, all of the other kids we just *knew* it was the right name. We *thought* we felt like that about one name, but now it seems the hubs may be back tracking. Sigh.

Siblings are: Hailey Julia (Julia after my husbands mom), Liam Christopher (Christopher after the hubs) and Finnian Rhys (no significance...sad, huh?) So, honestly, I'd prefer not to use a family name this time just because I don't want Finn to be the only one without a family name! :)


Since most of the readers of this blog are writers, I figured you all spend a decent amount of time thinking about names, who better to ask!? PLUS, I like you guys WAY better than my friends in real life! ;)


Here's the few that we can agree on so far: (Opinions, and please feel free to throw suggestions out there!)

1. Isla (Eye-luh) (this is the name we were set on, but hubs might be backing out)
2. Delia
3. Lily (we both love this name, but know someone w/this name we can't stand so it sort of leaves a bad taste...plus it's super popular)
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  1. I love the first one :D
    I know you're having a middle name crisis . . .
    My daughter was almost a Norah, and I haven't yet found a character worthy of that name.

    My cousin has a lily, I'd go with one of the first two. You know. Since you asked . . .

    I also wanted to use the name Vivian - but that's a JOLENE family name, lol.

    Good luck.

    Naming kids is HARD!!

    Now I'm laughing cause mine are Emma and Jack (neither of which were popular WHEN we named them -we were a year ahead of the trend, but no one will ever know . . . so sad)

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  2. Oh wow! Thanks!

    As for baby names, I have a stash of girl names because I had all boys...

    Devon
    Ramona
    Amy
    Alice
    Saskia

    If any of them suit, feel free to use them. My baby days are over.

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  3. LOVE Norah, and Chris likes it, but I don't think he likes it "enough."

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  6. I like Lily, but can understand the reason behind it not being a first choice. Isla is very different and I like that, too.

    Here are some girl names I've always loved:

    Ella
    Tinsley
    Kinsley
    Reese

    Good luck!

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  7. I like Lily and Delia, and Isla is very intriguing - but I'd worry that everyone who sees it is going to pronounce it wrong. She's going to be Iz-la in every roll call.

    You could always combine the floral-ness of Lily and the look of Delia and call her Dahlia. Dahlia Rose... it has a nice ring.

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  8. Wow, helping someone name their child, that's a lot of pressure. I like Isla, but I agree with B.E. about the roll call. I really like Lyla. Which is close to Lily and Delia.

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  9. I love Isla and of course Lily! I have a friend from high school named Lilia. I always loved that name. Kind of like Lily, but different. So pretty!

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