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Even when things aren’t really supposed to make sense they can. I think that Yellavand sounds like an interesting name for a country and after reading it’s history it makes perfect sense, as does the name Eltsac which is the name of the capitol city.

But are the names pronounceable? Do they stick in the head and not sound too ridiculous? Ah, those are the questions.

I am currently doing a lot of background work on Elaine’s Pearls. That way at least I will know the reasons for things even if no one else does. And besides I don’t feel like working on the main body of the story so I may as well amuse myself with the ancient history of Yellavand(Which is Valley spelled backwards with a Land minus the L stuck on the end. Yellavland sounded too much like Yellow Land and that is certainly not the name). So far the history is quite interesting, but I’ve only gotten to the second king. I think there should have been quite a few kings between the original settling of Yellavand and the events happening in the story. After all, everything must make sense to me at least and then maybe it won’t seem to ridiculous to anyone else.

And though I may load down the book with occasional references to history I shall be careful not to interrupt the story too much with pages of historical events, like happens in Henty books for since the land and events are all fictional I won’t have the benefit of being “Historically Accurate” while boring the audience. And now I’m going back to the history of Yellavand, while it still is named Yellavand because if my family considers the name too ridiculous for use I’ll probably change it. But I do like Eltsac, maybe I should name the land that. Elthia of Eltsac, that’s another title that could work. Elthia of Yellavand not sounding quite as good. I had thought of Elthia Exasperated but that isn’t very accurate.

So now to end this post. And I do mean END