"How do you pick names for your characters?"
"Oh, SO many ways. For example, these two I named Tarse and Macken, because they reminded me of Pintel and Ragetti from Pirates of the Caribbean."
"I don't see the connection...?"
"The actor who played Ragetti was named Mackenzie Crook, so 'Macken.' Then I googled 'Pintel,' and found that it means two things! One is a nautical pin."
"And the other..."
"And the other is penis. Which another search told me has also been called 'tarse.' Which sounded like the perfect name for this guy."
"So it fits, then?"
"Oh yeah, he's definitely a tarse."














