What's in a Title?

Has a title ever made you stop and think, hey, I want to read this? I loved the double meaning to Wolf Fever!! It was perfect for the story!


Sure, that's what titles are supposed to do. Sometimes they are so bad, you have to take a look at them. Sometimes they play off something popular and catch your attention. Sometimes they are just written to snag your eye because they are so bizarre, you just have to read the back cover blurb. And sometimes they're of a subject that you can't bypass no matter how much you know you don't have time for it.

At work, I was checking in books and saw Sex on the Moon. Okay. So I handed it to our history major and asked him if he'd want to read the book. It had to do with NASA, but was fictional, of course. And I pointed out it was historical, in a way. LOL

No, he said, shaking his head. He didn't believe it had anything to do with sex on the moon. Okay, maybe it does, but it doesn't reveal it in the blurb. But did the title catch our attention? Sure!

One of our Sourcebooks authors, Grace Burrows, mentioned about her regency era book, The Heir, and how when she talked about it, folks thought she meant, "The Air."

Yes, just like with The SEAL in Wolf's Clothing. There's this big pause. Now I'm writing about seal shifters mixing it up with wolves?

Hmmm.... But when the cover comes out, I'm sure there will be a hunky Navy SEAL, and that will dispel any concern readers might have that it's a flippered seal with long whiskers...

So titles can be fun!

Can you think of a title that made you look further into a book? Buy it?

Hope you all have a great Thursday! It's my vampire night tonight...

I'm having trouble with my Internet this morning, so still trying to get this blog posted. Methinks the mischievous fae are about....

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Terry
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