tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35219496.post5887975494033861083..comments2023-10-14T09:03:20.941-05:00Comments on FantasyThyme: Fantasythymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09915859806092149333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35219496.post-34035017243745692482013-05-30T06:29:50.187-05:002013-05-30T06:29:50.187-05:00Great review! Thanks for your thoughts.Great review! Thanks for your thoughts.Beckie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11318725069273046429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35219496.post-8474687476914410212013-05-29T07:14:08.088-05:002013-05-29T07:14:08.088-05:00Tim,
To quote your review: "As I read Merlin...Tim,<br /><br />To quote your review: "As I read Merlin's Blade I kept feeling I knew the names and the stories. Names in Merlin's Blade were similar to those in the well-known Arthur stories, but different enough to let readers know - this is a completely new tale."<br /><br />This is true! I purposely changed many of the names to accomplish just that. In face, I even had Merlin himself go by a different name, Linnaeus for a long time. My plan was to have this as the name his father called him, and Merlin be the name his mother called him him ... notice the "Lin" in each name. <br /><br />So he was going to start out as Linnaeus to help the reader think of him without all the old Merlin baggage, and then once the reader knew him, to have him adopt his mother's name for him.<br /><br />Anyway, I quickly realized the extra confusion this caused and dropped it, but I think you caught onto the fact that I wanted readers to start with fresh eyes.<br /><br />-RobertRobert Treskillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767228138541201198noreply@blogger.com