Petr asked Peter Cawdron:

Can you share some alternative titles for your books that you considered?

Peter Cawdron Thanks for asking about my novels. I can't speak for other writers, but my titles tend to remain quite static from conception to publication. When I start writing, I've got a broad idea of what I want to accomplish and the title stems from that. The act of writing is then a case of expanding on the principle idea captured in the title.

* Galactic Exploration, as an example, was my take on Star Trek reimagined. (Galactic => Star, Exploration => Trek)
* Starship Mine is grammatically clumsy as far as titles go, but I knew I was going to be working with someone recovering from brain surgery, summarising their own personal journey in life. In the context of where it's spoken within the book, it fits beautifully.
* Alien Space Tentacle Porn is Men in Black reimagined. The title came about because my teenaged kids told me My Sweet Satan was the worst book title ever. Off the top of my head, I said, "Oh, I can think of something worse." And they dared me to write ASTP. I had a lot of fun with that cheeky novella.
* Trixie & Me is the most audacious title I've ever developed. The title itself is a spoiler, but how/why doesn't become apparent until the last three words of the story, which, incidentally are "Trixie & me." So the title is echoed back at the reader in the very moment they become aware of the twist.

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