tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post4383669365637286117..comments2024-02-19T10:47:03.421-05:00Comments on Anny's Points of View: What's In a Title?Anny Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-51547685495829344792007-10-21T19:56:00.000-04:002007-10-21T19:56:00.000-04:00I'm one who starts with a character and then he te...I'm one who starts with a character and then he tells me a story. I just wish he'd give me a list of titles too. I struggle with them and once I find one it is agony for me to have to rename it. I've had two books now that my editor has asked me to rename. Thank goodness for Anny. She renamed the last one for me, <I>Lovers' Stone.</I>Jacquéline Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763280397841660587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-86161803204112775292007-10-19T17:52:00.000-04:002007-10-19T17:52:00.000-04:00When I don't have an official title my default is ...When I don't have an official title my default is the hero's name, always said with a sigh for some reason.barbara hufferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110190714520012040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-38398699050215289902007-10-19T17:24:00.000-04:002007-10-19T17:24:00.000-04:00I think this latest one for me is the first time I...I think this latest one for me is the first time I've been stumped. Yes, AJ, there was that other one, but I would have had one before long....your's was just better.<BR/><BR/>The Marriage books came on their own. never mind, those aren't original title either. Whatev.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-15832479484211654702007-10-19T16:17:00.000-04:002007-10-19T16:17:00.000-04:00So you're an extremely adaptable duck--that's all....So you're an extremely adaptable duck--that's all. Everyone is different...thank goodness. If we were all the same we'd be BORING!Anny Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305873753916213970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-22792099851399351332007-10-19T15:38:00.000-04:002007-10-19T15:38:00.000-04:00Gee Anny, I'm feeling like an odd duck here...agai...Gee Anny, I'm feeling like an odd duck here...again. Sometimes I start with a title, sometimes it comes as I'm writing and sometimes the characters are still arguing over it even after the whole story's on paper.barbara hufferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110190714520012040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-36666042036644095072007-10-19T12:09:00.000-04:002007-10-19T12:09:00.000-04:00I still wish Helen had okayed "Inn Her" or "Inn an...I still wish Helen had okayed "Inn Her" or "Inn and Out" Tells you all you need to know, huh? I won't go any further on that theme.<BR/><BR/>I happened to love the title you were referring to. I loved the story, the writer, and thought the title made it feel like I'd been let in on a joke.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947952583116323744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-46858232663926312422007-10-19T08:50:00.000-04:002007-10-19T08:50:00.000-04:00I also prefer to come up with a title first. Even...I also prefer to come up with a title first. Even if I end up changing it, the title gives me a jumping off point. It is like a 2 or 3 word summary for my brain to remember what I am supposed to be writing about. I have a dry erase board with a dozen titles written on it. I look at it every day and sigh at all the work ahead of me.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I agree with Amarinda, Petty is as Petty does. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I would totally demand my money back on a "dragon" book without a "dragon" too. And the fact that the manager had the gall to argue with you just serves to prove that some people do not belong in bookstores.<BR/><BR/>xoxoxo<BR/>DakotaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352767450969548151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-83056051411023352872007-10-19T07:32:00.000-04:002007-10-19T07:32:00.000-04:00I had little trouble with the titles in my Arbor U...I had little trouble with the titles in my Arbor U series. And generally, I have no problem titling anything. But this work that I finished recently has me completely stumped! I wish the muse would come back and tell me what she wants it called...Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3468322635677076272.post-90329044205981954582007-10-19T00:53:00.000-04:002007-10-19T00:53:00.000-04:00Yeah, I aways come up with the titles right at the...Yeah, I aways come up with the titles right at the start. I have a title for current one and for the next two. I think titles have to grab you, followed by the covers. Yes, I know don't judge a book by its cover but people always will. It's that pesky human being thing. <BR/><BR/>As for petty comments about book titles - they are made by petty people and therefore are of no significance. These people are but wankers we have to deal with in life. Being petty gives them something to doAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012768592941285677noreply@blogger.com