The Read: To be truthful, I'm not reading. Remember the Witchblade DVDs I was watching ... and gave up for boredom? Well, I'm skipping through them to see if I can pick up my interest. No such luck ... so far.
Guess they made the argument for not repeating your storyline with different endings -- unless you want to get rid of your readers.
Progress: Have to get my critique done. I'm still behind from when my system went on vacation. Have to excuse the desktop, though, since it was the monitor that died. -- At least, I was able to find someone to come fix it. A former graduate of the Berkeley Music school who supports his family fixing computers.
Emma. Maybe I'll be able to ignore her after I finish printing a hard copy. I'm thinking that changing the title -- "The Bad Luck Magnet" from "Emma Kloken, Hero" -- may lay her to rest.
I wonder if other writers have such a hard time thinking up a pertinent title.
Maren. After all the nagging, she's slumped against a broken cart wheel in the middle of a battlefield ... and won't budge.
Interesting that you're struggling with a title, Kay. I'm on my third tentative title for my wip -- at first I just called it the Lynnette book, then I tried "A Terrible Mistake" which I decided was a terrible mistake. Now I'm toying with "Dead Wrong." I'm not sure I like that either.
ReplyDeleteDid you see Rachelle Gardner's recent post on titling your book? It's at: http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-title-your-book.html
I like the Dead Wrong.
ReplyDeleteRead the Rachelle Gardner's blog while I was still struggling with the title "Emma Kloken, Hero". But, I changed it when I wrote my second query draft and realized that "drowning in bad luck" bothered Emma more than being a hero like her father.