Okay, yes, I'm on the bandwagon of those excited by the new royal baby! But that's allowed, right?, since my current work is wrapped up with the royals and I'm inspired by genealogy.
I can't resist pointing out the obvious. Baby Prince George Alexander Louis is named after George Louis (that's King George I) and my son Alexander, namesake of Lloyd Alexander, the author. :) Well, if I had given him that name, that would be why!
Louis and Alexander are both names of immensely powerful leaders--the obvious examples being Louis XIV of France and Alexander the Great. Given the weakness of the current royal house, I can see why they'd choose such strong names.
I am more curious about the name George, particularly George Louis. Perhaps it has to do with his unjustified unpopularity with the British peoples. He was actually a pretty great leader, despite all the undeserved slander, and he stayed strong despite it all. Maybe that's why they chose it--disguised with the strong Alexander sandwiched in the middle of his name, since historic George Louis is STILL unpopular with the British people.
Yes, I'm very sympathetic to the royals. I'm not saying that they inherently deserve a huge chunk of the common folks' taxes. That's an argument that has many sides to it--including the fact that a huge tourism and media industry is wrapped up with the royalty. But Prince William and Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II and little Prince George Alexander Louis did not exactly CHOOSE their position. They were born into it, so I'm sympathetic to their trials.
Anyhow, blessings on little baby Prince George and may he be as strong as George Louis, his ancestor, in facing the inevitable scorn and rage of the media. Poor little lucky baby!
Silk: Caroline's Story;Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel; and Homespun.
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My character-driven historical fiction grips readers' emotions and surprises them with unexpected twists. In Silk: Caroline's Story, the first installment of The Silk Trilogy, “The social realism of Jane Austen meets the Southern Gothic of Flannery O’Connor.” It's 1899 in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, and Caroline must choose between the town doctor and a good-natured farmer, all the while oblivious to a young sociopath who is not about to let this happen. Full of laughter and heartache—with a sinister thread—the next two generations of the family continue the trilogy in Tapestry: A Lowcountry Rapunzel and Homespun. Other novels are in the works, but I often feel more like blathering about my reading and writing than actually doing it, so I've opened this venue for sharing my thoughts with you—about books already written (by me and by others), those yet to come, and a few about life in general!
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