Our second group anthology-Submissions to Ignite by end of September, please. Showing 601-650 of 1,221

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Maybe we should try for the Bulwer-Lytton Award...

[Michael]

I've not attempted a sex scene yet, none of my stories have needed one. Maybe I'm just avoiding the subject :-)

[A.L.]

I have lots of smut scenes kicking around which I probably never use for anything else;)

They aren't as difficult to write as you think.

[Patti (baconater)]

Kumquat.

Now THAT'S a word.

Smut is good, Alexandra!

[Andrew]

Up to 45,000 words? That's brilliant, a good hefty volume. Really looking forward to it hitting Amazon!

[Kath]

Does anyone apart from David thoroughly dislike the title? I'm open to offers! I mean, negotiation :)

[D.M. Andrews (author)]

Right, might get some time this next week or two to write something.

But still no clear idea on the matter :(

[Kath]

I shall live in hopes, Darren. ;)

[Rosen]

I don't know what the title means, if that's any help.

[Kath]

A salmagundi is a mixed salad (or rather, was!). It was intended to give the impression of variety. If we use it, it will be explained in the blurb - by which time, it might be too late?

[M.A.]

Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it? :-(

[Kath]

ok. Other suggestions?

[Kath]

We may as well have something we all like.

[D.M. Andrews (author)]

Well, I've said it before but:

"A Collection of Works by D.M. Andrews and Other Authors"


*grin*

[Kath]

I said 'We all like,' I felt my lips move! Anyway, we haven't got one from him yet!

[David]

How about: 'Hotchpotch'

[D.M. Andrews (author)]

No, he's a lazy so-and-so...

;)

[Jonathan]

Thanks, Kath, looking forward to the final product. Thanks for all your input.

[Jonathan]

Hotchpotch is ok but does it suggest it has been thrown together without real thought?

[Jonathan]

I like A Splendid Salmagundi but I guess it could turn people away if they don't know what it is immediately.
Right, I'll get my alliterative head on now...

[Jonathan]

A Veritable Variety?

The Spice of Life?

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

A Marvelous Mulligatawny

A Bountiful Bouilleabasse

(don't know if I spelt them right)

[Jonathan]

GIngerlily, I think you spelt 'A' right.
Are we having a food / cooking link?

A Candid Casserole?

[Jonathan]

A Marvellous Melange?
OK, I'll stop cluttering up the thread now.

[Darren]

Stick with Solomon Grundy. We stand against the dumbing down of liter... books!

[A.L.]

Na I dont like the salmagundi thing.
I think the Spice of Life is good. I just think it doesn't exactly role off the tongue.

How about A Mixed Bag of Goodies.
Or just a mixed bag.

Lucky Dip

Although that sounds a bit... dodgy unless that is just me that sees the innuendo in that.

[Jonathan]

Don't we want to suggest that all the stories will be great?
A mixed bag or lucky dip might imply some downloaders will get rubbish!!

[Jonathan]

Alexandra, I like the goodies thing.

Could we link that with goodreads somehow?

[Jonathan]

Ignite, you may have a war on your hands. You may just have to do what dictators do best...

[A.L.]

A bag of Goodreads?

"A gaggle of goodreads?"

A mixed bag of short stories and poems buy the goodreads authors.

[Elle]

I wanna be horrible and say screw it if you don't like it.

It's meant to be for us, not for others to understand so as long as we get it, who cares?

[Jonathan]

I have to say A Splendid Salmagundi is growing on me. I guess we have to decide whether the title will put off readers or not. Yes, it's for goodreads folk but isn't the idea to get sales too? Do we think an obscure title will reduce sales? I'm not so sure.
Looking forward to reading everyone's entries in the book!

[Jim]

Amazon already have well over a dozen books entitled 'the spice of life' so I don't think the world needs another.
I'd say stick with A Splendid Salmagundi. What if people don't know what the title means. If they've got anything about them, they're more likely to look to find out.
If they haven't got the get up and go to check the book out, you're probably going to have to title it something like 'A long book with porn on pages 14, 15, and 84' to save them having to wade through the long words to find the bits they want :-))

[Simon (Highwayman)]

Fifty shades of fiction.

[Elle]

Jonathan wrote: "I have to say A Splendid Salmagundi is growing on me. I guess we have to decide whether the title will put off readers or not. Yes, it's for goodreads folk but isn't the idea to get sales too? D..."

Sales have never, ever been a goal for us. It's our book, our love and if we only got the sales from each member of our group, I think we'd be chuffed.

This book is shamelessly selfish.

[Patti (baconater)]

Simon (Highwayman) wrote: "Fifty shades of fiction."

You do make me smile, young man. :)

Although, I'd be very surprised if no one hasn't used it already.

For what it's worth, I agree with Darren. Let's not change the title simply to cater to those who want life fed to them at a second grade level. Or year three. Or primary four.
International schools are fun. So many terms to know...

Anyway. That's my two pence. Cents. Kopeks. Whatever.

[M.T.]

What about Goodreads Group Goodies.... or does that sound like an invitation to a dogging session?

Cheers

MTM

[Kath]

Well, I dropped in the suggestion that we come up with other ideas and then beggared off for an evening out - my sister's brithday - I haven't got you all on Ignore!
The name isn't set in stone yet - keep suggesting if you have any more ideas.

[M.A.]

I was thinking something Menage... oops, I mean Melange! lol

[M.A.]

Actually looking back on suggestions, Simon might have something. We could jump on the runaway train that is Fifty Shades. :-)

[Kath]

Amongst the original suggestions was A Magnificent Melange but Rosemary (I think) suggested A Splendid Salmagundi and people (at the time) went for that. I think it has an air of Victorian Gentlemen's Magazine about it.

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Ignite wrote: "Amongst the original suggestions was A Magnificent Melange but Rosemary (I think) suggested A Splendid Salmagundi and people (at the time) went for that. I think it has an air of Victorian Gentlem..."

I like the original suggestion as it follows on with the previous book title.

[A.L.]

Well I have seen, Fifty shades of blue, fifty shades of beige, 50 shades of grey and zombies and someone told me there is a 50 shades of minge.

Well I don't mind especially. I am not over fond of Splendid Salmagundi but it isn't up to me so will go with the majority.

[Jonathan]

Ignite wrote: "Well, I dropped in the suggestion that we come up with other ideas and then beggared off for an evening out - my sister's brithday - I haven't got you all on Ignore!
The name isn't set in stone yet..."

That's the equivalent of pulling the pin out of the grenade, throwing it and running in the opposite direction. ;)

[Darren]

Book lovers shouldn't be afraid of words. The title as is reflects what the group is all about if you ask me (which nobody did, but I said it anyway).

[Marc]

as much as I love words, I know from bitter experience the title is key and I feel Splendid Salmagundi is just a bit too obscure and perhaps also a bit too knowingly so to invite people to consider buying/reading the book

[Elle]

Darren wrote: "Book lovers shouldn't be afraid of words. The title as is reflects what the group is all about if you ask me (which nobody did, but I said it anyway)."

Exactly! \0/

[Elle]

Marc wrote: "as much as I love words, I know from bitter experience the title is key and I feel Splendid Salmagundi is just a bit too obscure and perhaps also a bit too knowingly so to invite people to consider..."

But it ain't about other people!

[Kath]

How about Good Reads?
Succinct. Says what it is. Not clever, knowing or hard to understand?

[Patti (baconater)]

Boring.

We are all about clever, knowing and deep!

We could do a poll or go with our editor's decision.

And before that starts another debate, Ignite, what would you feel most comfortable with?

Reading through the comments so far in the thread, I think the majority like keeping Salmagundi...