As you know, Lisa and I began writing a brand spanking new book last week (shhh...), but unfortunately we've already run into our inevitable snafu. We suck, (suck, suck, SUCK) at titles. We've had five million okay, fine three titles for THE LIAR SOCIETY (GMAIL, FINDING GRACE, THE HAUNTING OF PEMBERLY BROWN). Our agent declared most of our titles inadequate and one "wet." Not sure exactly what it means, but context clues lead us to believe it's less than fabulous.
As of now our new book is named "Document1." Creative right? Despite being in the car for over 10 hours this weekend, I'm still coming up lame. I listed out the themes in our work in progress, tried to draw inspiration from music on the radio and even called upon my husband for help. Still nothing.
So tell us, dear readers. How do you title your manuscripts? Beginning, middle, end? What do you use for inspiration? Do you change your title multiple times? Does it drive you crazy until your title is absolutely perfect? Do you know when it is perfect?
Titles are the first clue readers get for what's to come, they're part of the reason people pick up a book and maybe even part of the reason they buy it. So what's your secret?
Published on October 11, 2010 03:00