I came up with the main character's name in an odd way. Back in early winter I was drifting off to sleep, but in that space where you are not yet sleeping, and not fully conscious either. It was in that space that I heard a voice clear as day. It sounded like someone was either standing beside the bed, or somewhere just above me. The voice said one word in a heavy Irish accent, Lorcan. I jolted awake and literally looked around the room expecting to see someone there, but therw was nothing. I shook it off and went to sleep.
A few days later I was writing the book and came to the point where I needed to choose the main character's name. Immediately I felt it should be Lorcan. Then the event of that night came back to me when I first heard the name. Before that, I never heard the name anywhere. I looked it up and found it was an Irish name meaning “violent”. So I chose a Norwegian last name that means “burning coals”. And that was how I came up with the name. Half a year later I still have no idea where that name came from, and what the deal was with that Irish-accented voice in the night. But there you have it. Lorcan Colborn...
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AuthorWhite Wolf Von Atzingen has traveled the western hemisphere extensively. He is a Northman, teacher, author, artist, nature lover, and martial artist living in the remote mountains of Vermont. Archives
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