I'm in the midst of the Great Title Debate. (Or trying to put off cleaning a house, which considering this last week I've done very little but write and play with the kids, is in an interesting state.)
Having my manuscript in a (semi) finished state I'm second guessing all the details. Of which the title is the biggest.
What's in a title? How much depends on it? How much should you disclose of the contents of the novel in a title - or should it just sound interesting and different? And how different can it sound when there are already so many millions of books out there!
Sigh.
So far with this book, a young adult fantasy adventure, I've gone through a multitude of various titles.
South Sea Secrets (& the variant South Sea Magic) when I was taking it in a different, doomed, direction.
Guardians of the Lands of Lost Lore,
Gatekeepers of the Lands of Lost Lore,
A Gratitude of Dragons,
Scheherezade's Legacy,
The Storyteller's Legacy,
Nell in the Lands of Lost Lore,
An Emporium Sisters Escapade, Book One, Spice, (Okay, I was getting desperate)
The Phoenix Feather
and the current title Dragons' Nests and Fire Berries which I only changed back to very late last night, although it means I need to beef up the role of the fireberries. Okay. Add them in from the side notes. I suggested to my Beloved that I use Dragons' Nests and Fire Birds, as there is a central phoenix, but he said it wasn't as catchy. Is he right? And I recently added a werewolf element in... should I try to use that?
Anyone got any ideas? As you can see, I'm still floundering...
Having my manuscript in a (semi) finished state I'm second guessing all the details. Of which the title is the biggest.
What's in a title? How much depends on it? How much should you disclose of the contents of the novel in a title - or should it just sound interesting and different? And how different can it sound when there are already so many millions of books out there!
Sigh.
So far with this book, a young adult fantasy adventure, I've gone through a multitude of various titles.
South Sea Secrets (& the variant South Sea Magic) when I was taking it in a different, doomed, direction.
Guardians of the Lands of Lost Lore,
Gatekeepers of the Lands of Lost Lore,
A Gratitude of Dragons,
Scheherezade's Legacy,
The Storyteller's Legacy,
Nell in the Lands of Lost Lore,
An Emporium Sisters Escapade, Book One, Spice, (Okay, I was getting desperate)
The Phoenix Feather
and the current title Dragons' Nests and Fire Berries which I only changed back to very late last night, although it means I need to beef up the role of the fireberries. Okay. Add them in from the side notes. I suggested to my Beloved that I use Dragons' Nests and Fire Birds, as there is a central phoenix, but he said it wasn't as catchy. Is he right? And I recently added a werewolf element in... should I try to use that?
Anyone got any ideas? As you can see, I'm still floundering...
