Because I am going to name some of the characters in the novel I am writing right here on the blog after you. The more feedback you give, the better your chances of ending up in the story.
Now this might end up being a good news/bad news deal for you. I did the same thing with my science fiction novels. I was mailing chapters to friends and family, and I wrote them into the story if they helped me out. I just changed the name a little or made them an alien with their personalities. And back when I was posting parts of the novels here on the blog, I did a few posts asking for crazy ideas for book five in the series, and I am still planning on putting some of you in that one when I write it… after I publish numbers 2, 3, and 4 of course.
The thing is… oh, me and my ‘thing’… I never promise what kind of character you might end up as, so you could be a London cab driver, or an old fish and chips lady, or you might get blown up or shot or stabbed or even end up as a cor blimey bloody bit of a wanker.
Also, in fairness, it is easy to take a blog name and turn it into a funny alien. That might not work in a novel set in World War Two London. So if you want to be in it, and the only name I know you by is something like:
The platypus blog
Ilikecats
The soup project
Fred789
Kissmygrits
Cooking with vinegar
Blogstuph
The happy clown
… Well, you are going to have to give me more to work with than that…
Pouring My Art Out 
I finally took the time to read this – no wonder you gave me the gears when I ribbed you about not including me!
I take care of my friends…
I obviously expect to be the murderer…
(s)…
You might end up a crewman on a Halifax bomber doing secret work for SOE who was in a love triangle with the pilot over a French girl who came over on a ship during the Dunkerque evacuation but is now dating an American officer thereby establishing a… nuff said…
That sounds right up my alley!!
I think you ended up not being exactly the guy… oh, just read it.
Should I use the Trenton Babbage name???
My real one is far too dull.
I already did it… keep reading…
Oh shit. I thought I was famous. Anyway, Trent Lewin has a certain ring to it. Not proper authentic or anything. Possibly a bit orchestrated. But dignified and a little slutty all the same – not an easy trick I might add. Also, I love fish and chips. Proper Brit style please. With butter. And a deep fried Mars bar.
How about Lewin Trent…? Isn’t Lewin more Welsh?
It’s all the same to me.
The name or it being Welsh?
Is there a difference?
Depends on if you want to work in a coal mine and sing in a baritone I guess.
Umm, excuse me, I think you forgot… me. My real name is.. well, you can decide.
I needs my feedback… and a good name…
Hmmmmmmm… I may be too dark and scary to be in your novel 😉
Say it ain’t so…
Oh god… I’m going to get blown up, aren’t I…
No… are you a good swimmer?
Yes. Very good.
Too bad you were dead before you went into the river… HA!
I’m going to haunt you forever.
Maybe that was already going to happen anyway…
It was.
Ha
Methinks as the plot thickens, so will London’s FOG.
Oh, I grew up in the San Francisco bay area, so there will be fog…
Is this a comment-only proposition? Can I just send some cash instead?
I can be impressed both by clever words or large sums of non-sequential, large denomination bills. But I need a name… unless there is a Pain Street in London… how would you like to be the scene of another murder???
The only Pain Street I’m aware of is inside my head, my friend. I kind of murdered my career. Does that count? Maintaining a blog is murder. How about that? Do we have to be literal?
Only in the book…
Interesting strategy. Although I don’t see how it could apply to me. 😀
Well there were a lot of Indian troops serving in the British army… just saying…
That’s all I needed to hear. I’m your man. XD . (A friend of yours told me it’s hipper than LOL)
Everything is hipper than… those letters…
Is Nair a common Indian name?
The only people in the world with that name are from kerala. It’s like if there is a name that is only used by native americans, would it be a common American name? Nair has to be the most common name in Kerala though.
I will see what I can do.
I will look forward to seeing my name immortalized. Or not. Now that I think about it, the British troops were our enemies, and I hate them. You could make me a bomber though. I could recover the Kohinoor Diamond from the pesky Britons and restore it to for our Motherland, or use it to rule the world.:D I shouldn’t be interfering with your creative output. Will read next chapter.
This doesn’t change the fact that hundreds of thousands of Indian troops fought for the British for many years.
True. I’m merely making my feelings known is all. A man can dream, can’t he?
Well an uprising might be a little late at this point.
Buckwheat of course
I will have an episode of the Little Rascals playing in the movie theater
there you go!
Or: Simon Buckwheat… fish monger extraordinaire!
fish monger??!
Sells fish…
You can call me … when dinner’s ready
Whenden R. Eddy.
That’ll work LOL
We will see if they show up or not.
🙂
I don’t think there has ever been an “Anasera” in a novel before…. Although an Irish hairdresser named a haircut after me…
That is a cool claim to fame.
She was cool.
cool
You can call me Marie. I am the damsel in distress but I’m smarter than I look…lol
Marie Korlett… or Kortch… hmm…
Korlette…lol
Awesome name for a French maid… just sayin’…
Bahahaha…not much of a damsel in distress. Maybe Smith would be good. hahaha!
I can’t make any promises at this point…
You are officially in the story… chapter 4… just posted it… but I have decided to expand your role… as a woman of mystery and red herring… ha
I prefer to be identified by my nom de guerre, Eustace Esterhauze (pronounced Ester-house-y).
Well that sounds like an upstairs butler to me.
Hiding in plain sight. Until I strike.
spoiler alert… the butler didn’t do it… in fact he didn’t do anything… we had to let old useless Eustace go…
And everything was going swimmingly until the mark drank the delicious fresh cup of tea Eustace had left for him on his way out.
Mwahahaha.
I will see what I can do… but that last name… what was it again…???
scroll up to the top of the comment thread.
Sheesh.
Oh man…
I put you in chapter two… as a constable… who is funny… did you see it, Mr. Esterhauze?
I’m slow on my reading lately. Spending less time online.
I expect I’ll be taking it easy for a while…
Fine, but you are now a London police constable with a delightful sense of humor who gained his posture and poise from his butler father…
It is in chapter two if you get bored.
YAY!
Yippee
My real name is Hillary Rodham Clinton. Please include me in your novel.
HA… actually Hilary is a good English sounding name… hmmm….