World of Tiers (Not Its Real Title)

FINE, having been reluctantly persuaded that Thirteen Petals is not necessarily consonant enough with the metaphysics of the world — just envision me being hauled away from that title, kicking and screaming all the way — I’m now thinking most seriously of —

Nine Steps from Dawn to Midnight

Other possibilities:

Thirteenfold World (Elaine’s Teen — this one is sort of growing on me a bit.)

The Dragon Cameo (Mona — to me it seems almost too mundane or … not sure that’s the word … too generic? Not sure.)

Gates of Air and Shadow (do not particularly like this one personally; don’t know why.)

Saffron Sky (this is not an important characteristic of the world, so it doesn’t actually have a lot going for it other than alliteration.)

None of these has a SE Asia vibe the way that (to me) Thirteen Petals did. In combination with the right sort of dragon on the cover, The Dragon Cameo could pick up that kind of vibe. I suppose that technically any cover picks up vibe from the cover.

Tiger Soul (Doesn’t that sound too much like Tiger Mom?)

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I don’t hate Nine Steps from Dawn to Midnight, and I’m leaning toward that. I believe the cover artist is about ready to begin the cover. Sometime between now and the time he roughs out the cover, I guess I will have to decide, even if “decide” in this case means “close my eyes and throw a dart.”

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