Comments on: The Original Bella Swan http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/ You already know you're being watched. Do you know you're being scored? Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: claire http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/comment-page-1/#comment-402700 claire Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:26:58 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=665#comment-402700 Maybe that's where The Mormon got the name, but i'm all about doubting it. Think about it: "Bella Swan." Pretty Swan. I totally rolled my eyes the first two hundred times I read the name ... until I got used to it. It's a Dickensian name, and one that's relatively easy to come by, but one a writer would reject as too obvious, unless you're going for comedy, or unless you're The Mormon. Maybe that’s where The Mormon got the name, but i’m all about doubting it. Think about it: “Bella Swan.” Pretty Swan. I totally rolled my eyes the first two hundred times I read the name … until I got used to it. It’s a Dickensian name, and one that’s relatively easy to come by, but one a writer would reject as too obvious, unless you’re going for comedy, or unless you’re The Mormon.

]]> By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/comment-page-1/#comment-399670 Lauren Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=665#comment-399670 Eerie, Eugene. I think you should keep it though. I think all novels should have a character named after a character in a TV show in which MTM appears. Eerie, Eugene. I think you should keep it though. I think all novels should have a character named after a character in a TV show in which MTM appears.

]]> By: Eugene http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/comment-page-1/#comment-399649 Eugene Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:38 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=665#comment-399649 Ha! If only... In my current novel, I named a character Laura Meehan. Then I was watching The Dick Van Dyke Show, and it turns out that was Laura Petrie's maiden name. I thought that might be too distracting for all those young adult MTM fans, so I changed it... Ha! If only…

In my current novel, I named a character Laura Meehan. Then I was watching The Dick Van Dyke Show, and it turns out that was Laura Petrie’s maiden name. I thought that might be too distracting for all those young adult MTM fans, so I changed it…

]]> By: Lauren http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/comment-page-1/#comment-398674 Lauren Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:47:43 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=665#comment-398674 Yessir. She's still turning the world on with her smile. Yessir. She’s still turning the world on with her smile.

]]> By: Jerry Stewart http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/2009/07/02/the-original-bella-swan/comment-page-1/#comment-398623 Jerry Stewart Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:52:58 +0000 http://www.laurenmclaughlin.net/wordpress/?p=665#comment-398623 Nice. Nothing like a Mary Tyler Moore theme song to get your day going the right way. :) Nice. Nothing like a Mary Tyler Moore theme song to get your day going the right way. :)

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