uh, didn't you know? Cinderella is my daughter's name
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ok, not really. Yeah... that wouldn't be cool. I love the question Mare. Actually I guess I had her name picked out from the begining. I was reading Sarah's story, "Once Upon a Time" which is an AU remake of the Cinderella fairytale which happens to be my favorite story of all time. (yup, cheesy romance... are we seeing a pattern here? -lol) anyway, then I just felt like watching the movie and I decided I wanted to tell my own version of the tale. (you inspired me chica!
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) At first I thought of making it a fantsay where she really was the real Cinderella and the boys were somehow dropped into her fairytale but ended up comming up with a much darker version. But I liked the idea of keeping all the similarities in the story, (I make more than one reference to the tale of Cinderella) so I kept the name.
I also got a big kick out of it because it is totally a BSB Mary Sue name and Cindy's practically an anti Mary Sue. I wondered if people would cringe but then I figured it was OK because of her attitude toward it and that she shortens the name to Cindy (which is a totally regular common name) so then I figured it wasn't Mary Sue-ish after all.
I also kept the name because I like the fact that it haunted her all her life. It's like the whole fairytale hanted her because she thinks her life was so drastically un fairytale-ish when in reality she's living the fairytale and just can't see it. (or se's just in complete denial.)
So yeah, lots of reasons behind the name... one of those things where I being the writer probably saw way too much into it and the readers were just kind of like "huh... cruel parents."
lol anyway, I"m glad that you liked the name and that you think it works with her because I really liked it but I'm always worried (especially when writing romance) that I'm being totally cliche and just don't realize it. I guess being self-conscious of your work is just the curse of every writer, but hearing you guys say that makes me feel a little better, so thanks!
oh, and
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for all the congratulation
s ladies,