What's in a Name?
As I work to complete the revisions for my upcoming eBook release (actually an updated version of my well-received 1999 Arabesque romance, A Love of Her Own), I am simultaneously working on my next new project, which ideally will be for sale by year's end.
The writing is going splendidly. But what to call it?
This is usually a dilemma for me. The title A Love of Her Own seemed perfect for a story about finding love in the face of infertility. My current work-in-progress is a mainstream romantic story (in other words, the characters behave in a natural manner without those pesky publisher restrictions that say they can't do this and can't do that) about an active state official and gubernatorial candidate whose son injures the son of a struggling, divorced single mother. Both father and son witnessed a fiery car crash in the Caribbean that killed their wife and mother, respectively, and their emotional scars remain even after four years.
That's all of the plot that I want to give this far ahead. I haven't written the back cover copy yet...and yes, even an eBook that has no back cover still has to have copy. While some of the titles I've been tossing about are better than others, none really get me excited...
Suddenly
Suddenly, You
In an Instant
From Shadow to Spotlight
Then Came You
Very Special
Lost
A Compromising Situation
Isn't She Lovely?
What about you? Do any of these titles speak to you, grab you? And if you can think of something that does, feel free to share it. If I use it you'll be able to read the book before anybody else and, of course, for free.
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5 comments:
Without knowing more, the one that grabs me is In An Instant. Seems like this could describe how lives change in an instant as well as how one can fall in love.
Hi Bettye ~ from your mention of emotional scars being held by both son and father, the title that works for me is "Then Came You". I like this title a lot because in love after a deep hurt, we often feel that the well has run dry. But then somehow we learn to love again.
like PatriciaW said, I like "In An Instant" but I'm feeling the title "Crash" or "House of Cards" as though everyone's lives will suddenly change
This is weird...Blogger took out the three comments that had been left, so I'm going to repost them.
PatriciaW says:
Without knowing more, the one that grabs me is In An Instant. Seems like this could describe how lives change in an instant, as well as how one can fall in love.
Roni says:
Hi Bettye - from your mention of emotional scars being held by both son and father, the title that works for me is "Then Came You." I like this title a lot because in love after a deep hurt, we often feel that the well has run dry. But then somehow we learn to love again.
Rosa says:
Like PatriciaW said, I like "In An Instant" but I'm feeling the title "Crash" or "House of Cards" as though everyone's lives will suddenly change.
Thank you, ladies, for sharing your opinions with me! Today I had the wild thought of "Kicking and Screaming" because of the hero's reluctance and the way he fights his growing feelings, but decided that would be better used for a romantic comedy.
Still thinking. Fortunately, I've got some time yet; probably six months or more, since my goal is to have this published by the end of the year.
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