Daily writing prompt
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?
It’s nothing special in itself (aside from being my mother’s name), but when included with my full name there’s something weirdly elaborate and frilly about it. A high school English teacher once told me all three of my names strung together sounded like the name of a romance writer.
It’s not hard to imagine it in Edwardian font floating beneath the title of one of those mass-market 70s-era bodice-rippers inspired by Rosemary Rogers. An apprehensive-looking woman with blowing hair and a ruffly, low-cut dress wades through long grass, her mouth half open. Behind her, a glowering man in a big shirt smolders against the background of a distant harbor view with clipper ships. Loves Throbbing Call, by…
Pam Troy 