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Friday, February 15, 2008

Naming Contest

Hey y’all, I was serious. I need a first name for Magrady, the protagonist in my mystery novella, The Underbelly. And so far, only critic-blogger David J. Montgomery has sent me a suggestion--offline, I might add. Come on now, I know you mystery readers and writers peruse this site, so leave some names in the Comments section at the end of this post, OK? I hope your silence is only because you’ve clicked on The Underbelly, and are reading up on brother Magrady’s adventures. Or you’ve passed out from the sheer enormity of this assignment. Names have meaning, you know.
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18 comments:

  1. J. Kingston Pierce5:43 PM

    Dear Gary:

    I think you ought to give Magrady a first name that makes clear why he doesn't use it. Something old-fashioned, perhaps, like Wilberforce--a name that he will forever NOT thank his parents.

    Cheers,
    Jeff

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  2. Linda L. Richards6:55 PM

    Gosh: I was going to try and come up with something sterling, but now I can't get Wilberforce out of my head. It's right on so many counts: the strength -- "force" -- and yet the stinkyness, as Pierce suggests here, that would warrant his avoiding the name where possible.

    Wilberforce Magrady. What could be better?

    Except maybe Wilberforce *Owen* Magrady.

    "Owen to what?"

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  3. Graham Powell8:02 PM

    How about Tracy? Wait, that's taken.

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  4. Victor Gischler8:44 PM

    Sophocles.


    VG

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  5. Anonymous9:42 PM

    Matt

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  6. Linda L. Richards10:07 PM

    Matt?

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  7. dick adler11:59 PM

    LEE "MONK" MAGRADY -- that's the ticket.

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  8. Gerald So12:25 AM

    I have three "M" suggestions--Mobius, Morse, and Morris--and one "non-M" suggestion--Kit.

    Good luck.

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  9. Jack Getze2:51 AM

    Colin, Bruce, Roman, or Seymore.

    Hey, it's early. Haven't had my coffee.

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  10. Anonymous2:59 AM

    Gary
    sebastien
    Get that Brideshead vibe going
    ken

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  11. Anonymous3:57 AM

    Hew?

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  12. Anonymous4:32 AM

    Seymour

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  13. Anonymous8:06 AM

    How about the dreaded name that MacGuyver couldn't and wouldn't use and was such a mystery until one of the final episodes? Angus.

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  14. Picks by Pat9:16 AM

    After reading the first installment, I thought of a name that fits:

    Henry

    Whadya think?

    Patrick Balester

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  15. dick adler10:44 AM

    New suggestion -- DELMORE (after Delmore Schwartz, Magrady's mom or dad's favorite poet -- "In Dreams Begin Responsibility" is my favorite all-time title.)

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  16. Linda L. Richards12:09 PM

    Angus is a good name. MacGuyver was a pussy.

    I like Delmore, though Wilberforce is stll pretty rockin'.

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  17. Corey2:10 PM

    Quinn.
    Tyrone.
    Lyle.
    Marion.
    Macintosh.

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  18. Anonymous7:10 AM

    I posted this yesterday and it seems to have disappeared. I'll try again: Hew.

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