IMPORTANT: NEED TO CHANGE CHARACTER NAME
Added 2023-06-06 22:00:40 +0000 UTC(Pictures above show Ella, now renamed Elaine. I also attached a picture of rose gold hair as I don't think the Ai quite got the right shade)
Hey everyone, it has come to my attention that having a character named "Ella" and another called "Stella" will make the audiobook experience miserable as when read aloud, they sound almost exactly the same.
Therefore I have decided to change Ella's name to Elaine and will be going back through the old chapters and changing her name before it hits RoyalRoad. I might have Douglas, and maybe other characters refer to her as Elli, which is kinda close to Ella, but I don't think Elli sounds like the type of name a Voidmind Grand Elder would give to their child and is better suited as a nickname.
I already have Larry and Barry in book 1, but it's fine since Barry was a minor side character that only appeared a few times. But Ella and Stella will be seen a LOT in the same scene for the rest of the novel, so best to fix this issue early.
Going to wait a few hrs before making the changes, so if anyone has anything against the new name, let me know in the comments!
Comments
Thanks, man
T̶̢͜ ̛́͜o̸̷͟ ̵̕͡a҉̸̨ ̴́͞s̵̷͜ ́t̷
2023-06-07 14:21:48 +0000 UTCI used Midjourney and the prompt was: Young woman, rose-gold emo style hair that falls and obscures her eyes with wireframe glasses, nerdy, sitting in a cavern, photorealistic style, stunning, fantasy style, trending on artstation, greg rutkowski, --q 2 --niji 5 --v 5
XKARNATION
2023-06-07 14:04:44 +0000 UTCCan I ask what type of words/phrasing you're using for the AI to generate images like this? Any time I've tried to make AI art it always comes out as either a Mandela Catalogue monster or the fanart of a new Lovecraft book
T̶̢͜ ̛́͜o̸̷͟ ̵̕͡a҉̸̨ ̴́͞s̵̷͜ ́t̷
2023-06-07 13:17:24 +0000 UTCThe forbidden void healer
XKARNATION
2023-06-07 03:29:40 +0000 UTCRetcon time. Plot twist she becomes the best healer in the world.
enderman
2023-06-07 03:29:10 +0000 UTCEliza could also be shortened to Eli.
Melting Sky
2023-06-07 03:25:24 +0000 UTClmaoooooo
XKARNATION
2023-06-07 00:45:06 +0000 UTCI see what Douglas is up to now
Neil
2023-06-07 00:14:47 +0000 UTCGood decision. Thank you for thinking of us audiobook enjoyer, looking forward to that.
Tsyrker
2023-06-06 23:47:09 +0000 UTCI agree with the name change, it's a smart choice
Ethan Barrow
2023-06-06 23:18:55 +0000 UTCXD
XKARNATION
2023-06-06 22:57:25 +0000 UTCOR, counterpoint, you could double down and rename every character in the story to have a name that ends in "-ella"!
Bunny Waffles
2023-06-06 22:48:04 +0000 UTCI think a minor character can be an issue too. not so much Barry as it is pretty obvious when a giant spider is being referred to. it happens rarely but there are times where I associate a character with some past event that actually happened with another character. (or rarely I catch it.) Though I do not listen to audio books soo.
phantom
2023-06-06 22:31:52 +0000 UTCI agree with the change. Thank you for considering the audio performance! More authors should be like you!
Buzz1089
2023-06-06 22:28:57 +0000 UTCHell yeahh
Putrescent Ego
2023-06-06 22:03:39 +0000 UTCGoing to be SO MUCH FUN!!!!
XKARNATION
2023-06-06 22:02:59 +0000 UTCI had noticed how similar they were X3 do enjoy changing every mention of the name Sir ^^
Putrescent Ego
2023-06-06 22:02:37 +0000 UTC
