tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978803.post115201499918511001..comments2023-05-19T04:43:10.395-07:00Comments on These Aye Mean Streets: The Name GameRusselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08882590221382217329noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978803.post-1152315304002561982006-07-07T16:35:00.000-07:002006-07-07T16:35:00.000-07:00But Sandra, inside the robotic body suit of Hairy ...But Sandra, inside the robotic body suit of Hairy Armour (tm) that is precisely what Stuart looks like!Russelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882590221382217329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978803.post-1152310155998858672006-07-07T15:09:00.000-07:002006-07-07T15:09:00.000-07:00Oh, well, for a cult* you don't even need product ...Oh, well, for a cult* you don't even need product to get people to give you all their money and wear bedsheets. <BR/><BR/>And the thing to do with Stuart MacBride? A short, chubby-cheeked balding guy with no beard.<BR/><BR/>* assuming that really wasn't a typoSandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978803.post-1152126491750535892006-07-05T12:08:00.000-07:002006-07-05T12:08:00.000-07:00Ahhhh, but I'm planning on becoming a cult* so I c...Ahhhh, but I'm planning on becoming a cult* so I can't be marketable.<BR/><BR/>Although I could never create a character as depraved as the real Stuart MacBride...<BR/><BR/>*No, that wasn't a typo.Russelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882590221382217329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13978803.post-1152114245078212222006-07-05T08:44:00.000-07:002006-07-05T08:44:00.000-07:00Forget artistic liberties. Name your characters I...Forget artistic liberties. Name your characters Ian Rankin, Stuart MacBride, Alexander McCall Smith - pick the famous Scots, so that when people google those names, they find your book.<BR/><BR/>If it can't be perfect, it may as well be marketable.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.com