Sami Salkosuo

And first battles has been fought. If you can call them battles… The attacking force was overwhelming. But let’s see what happens..

I am currently writing the sixth chapter and the writing is progressing well. I have mentioned story structure and how important it is for my writing process. The structure is there but details unfold one page at a time.

Alhtough I know how the story ends and I know most of the major events in the story, I don’t know the details yet and sometimes I even surprise myself as I write the story.

“That long? And the species?” Lucian asked again.

There was silence again for a moment.

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“Over a million local cycles?” Lucian wondered aloud. “That long and they’re still primitive. They’re probably dying out already. If not yet then definitely after the more advanced species get here. But let’s take samples anyway,” he continued.

He walked to the shelters and again stunned two males, two females and one child. He carried them to the laboratory.

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That’s the question, isn’t it? Giving names to your characters can be difficult. Fortunately, there is a great tool to generate names: Random name generator.  The tool creates character names based on the database of the US Census. Common, average or rare names are all generated randomly by the tool.
Some character names have already found themselves to my next novel. Just to name a few:

• Jeffery Gibson
• Lisa Jensen
• Ellen Lyons
• Karl Thornton

The tool generates ten or more names at a time and I pick the name that suits the character I have in mind. For example, Jeffery Gibson is commander of a navy frigate. And Lisa Jensen is his first officer. Thornton and Lyons are marines that are stationed in the frigate commanded by Gibson.