For about half a second, I seriously considered naming a character Jack Daniels.
Now, I had the last name first and was kind of casting around through first names and happened on that along the way, but I thought I'd share so everyone else can have a moment of amusement today.
Posted by Grayson Morris (Member # 9285) on :
Whoa, your husband's suggestion for kick-starting your writing is really taking over, isn't it? ;-)
Posted by coralm (Member # 9274) on :
Haha! Yes, that was one of the first things that occurred to me after. Posted by axeminister (Member # 8991) on :
J A Konrath had a series of books with a character of that name. Of course, it's really Jacqueline. But everyone calls her Jack.
I've read a bit of one of them. (sample online) It was decent.
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Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I remember a paperback horror novel by Hugh Cave, a writer whose career stretched from about the 1930s to the 1990s. His hero was named "Jeff Gordon." There was (and still is) a very well-known NASCAR driver by that name. Did Cave know, or care? (All I know is that is amused me greatly.)
Posted by Crystal Stevens (Member # 8006) on :
I almost named one of my characters after another famous Daniels. Her given name was Charlene, but she preferred Charlie. It took me awhile to figure out why that name--Charlie Daniels--sounded so familiar .
Posted by Montag (Member # 9421) on :
Robert that may be because the driver came after the book series....
Posted by Pyre Dynasty (Member # 1947) on :
I once knew a person who wrote a series of stories about a soldier with the last name Sanders. She thought nothing of it until he was promoted to colonel.
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