tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post3935066011691762887..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Choosing a Working Title for Your BookDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-18167457926908832882008-12-15T12:58:00.000-07:002008-12-15T12:58:00.000-07:00Titles are the hardest thing for me to come up wit...Titles are the hardest thing for me to come up with. I have a working title now, but I'm certain it will change. Generally I enlist the help of my younger sister--she's genius with coming up with great titles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-69017054338599453162008-12-11T21:11:00.000-07:002008-12-11T21:11:00.000-07:00WhiteSarah:I'll have to try your father's advice n...WhiteSarah:<BR/>I'll have to try your father's advice next time I write an article. I always either type into a form that asks for "Title" first, or start a new Word document with the title so that I can hit "save". Otherwise I get asked for a filename when I first try to save the document and it can be annoying if you're in the middle of a thought process.<BR/><BR/>Morgan and LJ:<BR/>Attachment - coming up in the third part of this series...<BR/><BR/>Helen:<BR/>Indeed. We ask book titles to do a lot of work for such a small piece of writing.Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-88918827203315188902008-12-11T12:27:00.000-07:002008-12-11T12:27:00.000-07:00Titles can be difficult. You want them to be memor...Titles can be difficult. You want them to be memorable, fit the genre, go along with the story, and make the reader want to pluck your book off the shelf. All that in usually 1 to 3 words!Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-35931057646280113152008-12-11T11:41:00.000-07:002008-12-11T11:41:00.000-07:00Titles usually come to me while I'm working on the...Titles usually come to me while I'm working on the outline or within the first 30 pages of writing. But publishers are known to have different ideas. One author I talked to at Bouchercon said she had submitted 52 titles to her editor, and all were rejected! The editor finally came up with her own, and the author was so sick of the whole process, she went along. I liked her original title better.L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-64495871024231673802008-12-11T09:30:00.000-07:002008-12-11T09:30:00.000-07:00I had to change my title for my first book because...I had to change my title for my first book because when I Googled it, someone had a recent book out with that name.<BR/><BR/>Google is a good friend.<BR/><BR/>Morgan Mandel<BR/>http://morganmandel.blogspot.com<BR/>http://www.morganmandel.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-9045690207591227072008-12-11T06:18:00.000-07:002008-12-11T06:18:00.000-07:00My father (who was a professional journalist) alwa...My father (who was a professional journalist) always said, "Never write the headline before you write the story." I've found this to be good advice.<BR/><BR/>I like your suggestion to use the main character's name. I use names of locations, myself.<BR/><BR/>-Sarah WhiteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392937874317256433noreply@blogger.com