I'm coming up on the home stretch of my sixth novel. Like with "Song for the Forsaken", I'm having a dialog with myself about the title I'm going to give it.
It follows the lives of two families in 19th century Mexico--or New Spain as it was called then--and one in Texas around the time it went from being a province of Mexico to an independent state, and then a member of the United States.
I'm trying to tell the story, through the eyes of these people, of the formation of an independent Mexico and explore the possible reasons its province of Texas was lost.
It is a continuation of my last novel, "Suffer Not The Mole People", as the matriarch of the Kaczmarek family comes to marry a Texas rancher.
I initially was going to call it "Those Who Cannot Create", which works just fine thematically, but I don't feel would grip the potential reader.
I'm also entertaining an alternative of "And The West Wind Moaned" or "And The West Wind Howled" or maybe just "And The West Wind" thinking that leaving it without the conclusion might make the prospective reader curious.
I'm still looking at other possibilities but would appreciate any feedback my friends on Goodreads might have.
Thanks.
Published on August 05, 2021 13:31
Personally I like "And The West Wind Moaned" or
"And The West Wind" for the title.