So many great great things here Tor! Firstly (and selfishly!) you reminded me how brilliant and cheering Jeeves and Wooster is and I immediately began relistening on Audible. Bliss! I relate to Newton’s first law of motion so hard!! This is genius! And I can’t believe you ran out of Petrol on Shepherd’s Bush Green! Well, I can. It is VERY you to not fill your petrol tank like that! I need to see all of these great names in more brilliant comics from you and I can’t wait to read more of Dr Umlaut!! What ho!
Apr 20, 2023·edited Apr 20, 2023Liked by Tor Freeman
STIRRUPS!!! I spluttered on my tea. Love this Tor, so so funny. I love the process of naming characters, although somehow I've managed to write two (picture) books with unnamed narrators! D'oh.
Oh, and even though you didn't ask, my favourite character name in any book is Hermann Kermit Warm (from The Sisters Brothers) and if I ever get a boy dog, that will be his name.
'Missy Fotherington-Gore - not a thrilling name, but I had a good arc for her - she’s a Jilly Cooper-style romantic novelist whose breakout novel, Stirrups, is about a gynaecologist who becomes a star horse jockey.' I'm dying at this whole newsletter. You're hilarious x
Just found you in my weekly “reads” email and now I’m hooked! Sitting by myself in the sunshine, streaming tears and guffawing out loud - never mind the snorting coffee all over my shirt! - just a crazy old(ish) woman who should probably be locked up. Or put in a comic strip.
Umlaut - isn’t that what the Ferengis called their weird fetishy ear sex? Is your Dr Umlaut a closet sex therapist masquerading as a real psycho...er, I mean psychologist? 🤔
Fabulous.. could I enquire as to the dress code for the sex scandal?
So many great great things here Tor! Firstly (and selfishly!) you reminded me how brilliant and cheering Jeeves and Wooster is and I immediately began relistening on Audible. Bliss! I relate to Newton’s first law of motion so hard!! This is genius! And I can’t believe you ran out of Petrol on Shepherd’s Bush Green! Well, I can. It is VERY you to not fill your petrol tank like that! I need to see all of these great names in more brilliant comics from you and I can’t wait to read more of Dr Umlaut!! What ho!
I NEED to read more about Poisson Pen and Nom Nom de Plume!! Do they work for the same publication?!
I made a note of Cedric Puff Gammon recently, really made me laugh, but I can’t think where I saw it!! It wasn’t you was it? 😝
STIRRUPS!!! I spluttered on my tea. Love this Tor, so so funny. I love the process of naming characters, although somehow I've managed to write two (picture) books with unnamed narrators! D'oh.
Oh, and even though you didn't ask, my favourite character name in any book is Hermann Kermit Warm (from The Sisters Brothers) and if I ever get a boy dog, that will be his name.
'Missy Fotherington-Gore - not a thrilling name, but I had a good arc for her - she’s a Jilly Cooper-style romantic novelist whose breakout novel, Stirrups, is about a gynaecologist who becomes a star horse jockey.' I'm dying at this whole newsletter. You're hilarious x
Brilliant as always! I’d love to be a fly on the wall at that Rumplestiltskin sex scandal party! Actually, maybe not, he always gave me the creeps.
Just found you in my weekly “reads” email and now I’m hooked! Sitting by myself in the sunshine, streaming tears and guffawing out loud - never mind the snorting coffee all over my shirt! - just a crazy old(ish) woman who should probably be locked up. Or put in a comic strip.
Umlaut - isn’t that what the Ferengis called their weird fetishy ear sex? Is your Dr Umlaut a closet sex therapist masquerading as a real psycho...er, I mean psychologist? 🤔