Help Me Name My Third Book

Dearly Beloved You People:

So as we put the polishing touches on Spellbound, it's time to start thinking more seriously about the third and final book in the Spellwright Trilogy. I have a good chunk of the book already written, but a recent realization sent me back to the beginning. Much of what is written will survive but in a different form. It's not the most fun every to discover a missed step in a manuscript, but it is the way of the creative process, at least for me.

A far simpler problem is the matter of titling the third book. Since I first pitched the book, I've been using the working title Disjunction, which like the two previous titles works a name on several levels—likely most that're reading this have realized that Nicodemus is the spellwright who can't spell right. (As for how the title Spellbound figures into the story of book 2, well, it'll hopefully hit you as something of a surprise.) Anyway, a bunch of friends have suggested I use the book's alternate title, Disspell, which works okay thematically and has the added advantage of giving the whole trilogy a continuity of names—Spellwright, Spellbound, Disspell. I must admit the name is growing on me.

But let us ask the Dearly Beloved You People. If you'd be so kind, take a second to vote on the following poll.

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In other book three news: The coming year is going to be a wild one, as I tie up the trilogy and finish up medical school by completing my 'clerkship' rotations. I won't do anything so rash as guess when book three will hit bookshelves, but I'm expecting to take a bit more time with this one. And that's not only because of med school; in my mind, ending a series is a very delicate matter and cannot be rushed. I want to give myself the time to end this trilogy the right way. That said, I made similar, very conservative estimates last year, and things seem to be working out just fine there. Fingers crossed for a threpeat.