tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8048960658132403872..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: The Mystery of TitlesJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17320947011070578332007-11-15T16:20:00.000-05:002007-11-15T16:20:00.000-05:00Ah, but why am **I** not so enthusiastic about tho...Ah, but why am **I** not so enthusiastic about those two possible titles? If it doesn't feel absolutely perfect, I will always have doubts about it. I'd like to stick with my working title, BETRAYED, but it was used on a St. Martin's thriller about three years ago, and John Lescroart has a thriller called BETRAYAL coming out early in 2008. Too similar. (sigh)<BR/><BR/>OTOH, plenty of novels have Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-39266740056125844492007-11-15T14:40:00.000-05:002007-11-15T14:40:00.000-05:00Sandy's too modest. I'm not laughing hysterically,...Sandy's too modest. I'm not laughing hysterically, I swallowing my envy. She has two -- two! -- titles I think are terrific. Literary and intriguing. My favorite kind. <BR/><BR/>I think that her Disturbing the Dead is the title to beat, though, because it does so many jobs in three little words: Creates a question that demands an answer, directly relates to the plot's engine, directly relates to Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00022883172212550101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-66632337231102477822007-11-15T14:25:00.000-05:002007-11-15T14:25:00.000-05:00A variation of "Tell No One" like "Not to Tell" or...A variation of "Tell No One" like "Not to Tell" or, um, that's all I got right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-38783542174921402542007-11-15T08:29:00.000-05:002007-11-15T08:29:00.000-05:00What's frustrating about The Great Title Search is...What's frustrating about The Great Title Search is that you know one is out there, lurking just out of reach in the mist. Is this your '60s radicals story? If so, what about the name of that group? I'm gonna riff off that theme -- something with "Fugitive" in the title? "Fugitive Nights" or "Fugitive Dead" Or some '60s term? Heck, you've probably been through all of these. But maybe some might Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16467786990577651930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-8604207449319906042007-11-14T19:57:00.000-05:002007-11-14T19:57:00.000-05:00Oh, Clea, out in Los Angeles my friend Carol is la...Oh, Clea, out in Los Angeles my friend Carol is laughing hysterically as she reads your message! Poor Carol has been hit with so many "How about THIS one?" queries lately that I'm amazed she still opens e-mails from me. Something will come, something will come... I must have faith that something will come. But adding alcohol to the process is looking like a mighty good idea right now.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-9899273552713263242007-11-14T18:42:00.000-05:002007-11-14T18:42:00.000-05:00OK, take this advice from whence it comes (says sh...OK, take this advice from whence it comes (says she of the bad pun titles): Why not pour a glass of wine and start throwing out ideas with a bunch of friends (phone and online works). Somewhere between the second and third glass, you'll say something, or someone will riff on something and suddenly everyone will go THAT'S IT!<BR/><BR/>Or you'll have a hangover. But it might be worth a shot. Good Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-66964642243833971462007-11-14T17:25:00.000-05:002007-11-14T17:25:00.000-05:00I too start with the title. I carried the first on...I too start with the title. I carried the first one around for years before I wrote the book, and the "matching" titles of the next three manuscripts in the series told me what those books were about. I lived in terror that an editor would love the book but insist I change the title--or worse, that an editor would love the title but the marketing people would make us change it. Didn't happen. Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-53455752970674861692007-11-14T12:03:00.000-05:002007-11-14T12:03:00.000-05:00Darlene! You'll give me nightmares -- if I had to ...Darlene! You'll give me nightmares -- if I had to have a title before I even started, I wouldn't have written a word yet! I did have a working title, so I could put a name on the file, but it's not suitable for publication.Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-16254345092535736482007-11-14T11:35:00.000-05:002007-11-14T11:35:00.000-05:00If you really get stuck, you could run a contest. ...If you really get stuck, you could run a contest. Sometimes a little brainstorming with others helps.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-44048590188232592012007-11-14T11:08:00.000-05:002007-11-14T11:08:00.000-05:00Sandy, you have my sympathy. I'm one of those peo...Sandy, you have my sympathy. I'm one of those people who have to have a title before I start writing. And I have to like it.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.com