Talking books and finding a title
Today, I'm a guest at Boy Meets Boy Reviews. They asked me some questions about writing and books. (I had to pick a dozen favorite Desert-Island-Keeper books. Only a dozen? It was torture. I love my ereader with 1400 books on there...) If you stop by and comment, you can enter a drawing for a free ebook of your choice of any of my backlist.I'm also trying to find a title for the sequel to "The Rebuilding Year".
I'm not great with titles - I almost never decide on one until the book is finished, and sometimes not until it's in edits. In the past, I've asked for reader input. Some of my favorite titles, including "Home Work" and "Learning Curve" were readers' suggestions. There's no guarantee with a Samhain book that they'll keep my title. Both "The Rebuilding Year" and "Sole Support" were my originals, though - they tried to find better titles for both, and in the end they failed. :) So I'm looking for suggestions. This book isn't big and dramatic. Nothing explodes or burns to the ground. It's about Ryan, dealing with his dad and brothers. It's about trying to fit two guys and two teenagers, an ex-wife, a medical education with years yet to complete, and all of their baggage, into an interconnected life that actually works. There are pleasant surprises, and not so pleasant. Some allies, and some not. There's a lot of family in it, but I want to avoid titles with "Family" in them, because of my "Finding Family" series which uses those. I don't want confusion. Also no titles starting with "Un..." due to the wolves.
The options I've come up with so far include:
Forward Momentum
Life, Some Assembly Required
Fitting Together
Pulling it Together
You can express a preference, or leave me a comment with your inspired, even-better title options. (If I use your title, I'll reserve a free copy for you, although it'll be quite a while until release.)
Then don't forget to stop by Boy Meets Boy Reviews. to check out the interview and comment for a chance to win a backlist book. There are daily posts from other wonderful M/M authors too. Lots of freebies that you could win.
Now I need to go polish up TRY2 and get it out to beta readers...
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I liked "Life, Some Assembly Required" as title. It fit the theme of the series and the fact that you injected realism and real life into your works, regardless of genre.
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Pete wrote: "I liked "Life, Some Assembly Required" as title. It fit the theme of the series and the fact that you injected realism and real life into your works, regardless of genre."That seems to be the most popular title so far :) (I originally was going to use it for a YA book, but the book grew away from the title.) Thanks for casting a vote.
You could include rebuilding in the title to point back to the original. "Rebuilding takes time" is just one of many possibilities. I don't care what you call it as long as I know when it comes out so I can buy & read immediately!
Cathie wrote: "You could include rebuilding in the title to point back to the original. "Rebuilding takes time" is just one of many possibilities. I don't care what you call it as long as I know when it comes out..."That's not a bad idea either, but I think as long as Samhain lets me, I'm going to go for "Life, Some Assembly Required" since it seems to have been the favorite. I'm pleased that you're looking forward to it.
I just finished The Rebuilding Year (like 5 minutes ago) and I really, really enjoyed it, it's a great book. I'm so looking forward to reading the sequel :)Oh, and I like "Life, Some Assembly Required" too!
Kat wrote: "I just finished The Rebuilding Year (like 5 minutes ago) and I really, really enjoyed it, it's a great book. I'm so looking forward to reading the sequel :)Oh, and I like "Life, Some Assembly Req..."
Thanks, good to hear :)
How about something reminiscent of building, like Foundation of Love or Bridging the Gap?
I can't wait for the sequel to The Rebuilding Year! Write faster, please:))) My suggestion for a title, Strong Foundations.
Melissa wrote: "I can't wait for the sequel to The Rebuilding Year! Write faster, please:))) My suggestion for a title, Strong Foundations."Wow that's pretty good for a title. And it's written, just needs an editing pass before I sent it to Samhain to see if they'll take it.
Yay! I look forward to reading it. I also loved your Life Lessons and Family series! Thank you for such great stories.
Melissa wrote: "Yay! I look forward to reading it. I also loved your Life Lessons and Family series! Thank you for such great stories."That's so nice to hear (especially right now when I'm cursing at a story over formatting)- thank you.
Does it also take place over a year? You could try another 'The ______ Year', even with a 're' word...Or incorporate Foundations... 'The Foundation Year'.
The Reassembling Year. (Hmm, maybe no)
Good luck with it anyway.
Actually I liked Trish (Pjm12) idea of using "The ____________ Year". To keep it thematic. The Reassembling Year
The Reviving Year
The Reconstructing Year
The Rekindling Year
I'll stop using thesaurus *lol*
The working title is now actually "Life, Some Assembly Required".It starts in that kitchen with the second half of Ryan's phone call, and goes through the next 6 months. Really it finishes out that first year, that started in September (and was only 6 months actually in the book.)
