Names of places come difficult for me, too! I wrote Lorn Song as being suitable for slotting into any "peripheral" territory---ie: any region outside a metropole / imperial core. When I write places like this I tend to think in my mind that they are part of an upland, or the uplands. I like this generic name; it feels real, true to the area's relationships. Locals would call their homes by affectionate, descriptive names, things close to them. It is mainly cartographers and conquerors (and of...
