Baltic 3: *sigh*

So, I'm wrapping up the writing part of Baltic 3 (a month late, but shhhh, we're not going to dwell on that), and a few weeks ago, a decision had to be made about the title.

If you recall, I was asked to change the title from The Curious Incident of a Dragon, which matched the other two literary fiction titles in the Baltic series, to something more generic, because the marketing dudes felt the literary title would alienate people.

If you also recall, later, when I was good and pissed about something else, I decreed that I would not change the title, and to hell with the marketing dudes.

Unfortunately, one has to pick which battles really need to be fought, and although I could have raised a big fuss over the title, when Editor Kate told me they really wanted it changed to something more generic, I decided that was not the battle I needed to fight. I told Kate to come up with some titles, and I'd pick one I liked. For over a month she suggested titles, and I nixed all of them. Desperately, I ended up settling on one that wasn't as horrible as the others...Sparks Fly. 

Editor Kate liked it. NAL liked it. Marketing liked it.

Me? It's not really my cup of tea. It doesn't sing to me the way the other titles did, but as I said, one has to pick one's battles. And trust me, there are bigger things for which I will be digging in my feet, so this one I'm letting go.

But I'm still sad to see the end of the Curious Incident of a Dragon. It was so very perfect for the book.

I just wanted to let you all know the new title, so you can get used to it. And trust me, it could be worse. It could be much, much worse.