tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post4201078808806229755..comments2024-03-29T05:45:39.184-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Brainstorming Titles for Your BookDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-9807664120886539422008-12-13T00:13:00.000-07:002008-12-13T00:13:00.000-07:00Gayle:That's a very good point. Genre books do ten...Gayle:<BR/>That's a very good point. Genre books do tend to have titles that indicate the genre, and readers do probably, consciously or subconsiously, use the title (and cover images, if visible) to judge what type of book it is. <BR/><BR/>Helen:<BR/>I'm the same. The shorter the better.<BR/><BR/>Dani:<BR/>Yes, that is a tricky one. Does she have to use "lead"? My first thought is to find a different metal. Otherwise she'd have to pair it in some way - "lead paint", "lead bars", "lead pencil" - or perhaps use the form "leaden", like "leaden skies"...Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-26262559729052410802008-12-12T13:15:00.000-07:002008-12-12T13:15:00.000-07:00Here's a dilemma for an author I know who uses the...Here's a dilemma for an author I know who uses the names of metals in each of her titles. The current one uses "lead" but is always mis-read with a long "e" meaning pull someone forward. So she is stuggling with some short combination of words that will make readers pronounce it correctly and take the correct meaning. Such a dilemma after writing 400 pages; you'd think it would be easy.<BR/><BR/>Dani<BR/>http://pdreadful.blogspot.comDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-76073322714501238982008-12-12T11:43:00.000-07:002008-12-12T11:43:00.000-07:00Gayle, I like the title Freezer Burn. And I think ...Gayle, I like the title Freezer Burn. And I think you're right, Hands of Time sounds a bit like a romance -- or possibly an historical.<BR/><BR/>I tend to like short titles, 2 or three words.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-60806716564812339672008-12-12T10:03:00.000-07:002008-12-12T10:03:00.000-07:00One thing (among many) that author Barry Eisler im...One thing (among many) that author Barry Eisler impressed upon me when he spoke at a conference I attended, was that the title of your book must convey what kind of book it is, at least as much as possible. His publisher titled his first book "Rain Fall", which is a clever play on the character's name (John Rain), but fails to even imply it's a thriller. <BR/><BR/>The working title of my book started out "Hands of Time", since it revolved around finding a severed hand in a freezer. Then one morning I looked at the title and said, "This sounds like it could be a romance. I didn't write a romance." I promptly renamed it "Freezer Burn". I'm not saying that everyone looks at the title and thinks mystery, but it at least sounds more dangerous than a clock.Gayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.com