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Need help with your title? Post it here, and get free market research! Just don't forget to pay it forward by commenting on titles from your fellow She Writers.
How to do it?
1) Post your title as a new comment.
2) Click "follow" so that you will get emails when people post comments on your title.
3) Post comments on others' titles by hitting "reply to this" (don't just add another comment to the general thread)
4) Enjoy!
For more tips and tricks on titles, don't miss these posts from our She Writes bloggers:
Tayari Jones: Finding the Right Title, in which Tayari Jones reminds you that the title of your book is a first impression, so make it a good one.
Erin Hosier: The Agent's Dog Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring To It, in which Erin Hosier muses on the importance of a memorable book title.
How to do it?
1) Post your title as a new comment.
2) Click "follow" so that you will get emails when people post comments on your title.
3) Post comments on others' titles by hitting "reply to this" (don't just add another comment to the general thread)
4) Enjoy!
For more tips and tricks on titles, don't miss these posts from our She Writes bloggers:
Tayari Jones: Finding the Right Title, in which Tayari Jones reminds you that the title of your book is a first impression, so make it a good one.
Erin Hosier: The Agent's Dog Just Doesn't Have the Same Ring To It, in which Erin Hosier muses on the importance of a memorable book title.
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Permalink Reply by Monica Enderle Pierce on -
I haven't been on SW much, but this caught my eye. Thanks for putting Ito together ; such a great idea!
I have two titles. Girl Under Glass is a dystopian romance and Binding Darkness is a paranormal thriller.
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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Watson Sherman on -
I like Girl Under Glass a lot.
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Permalink Reply by Whitney Peckman on -
Since it is dystopian, I can imagine that the girl in question might be being watched by those who wish to harm her; she is the last of the undamaged; she is not real, but the lost ideal; the love unattainable in the lost world? I would definitely be curious. Binding Darkness doesn't catch me in the moment.
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Permalink Reply by Molly Sweeney on -
The title of my memoir is "How Many Calories Does Fear Burn?" My intention is to highlight the benefits of facing fears and doing scary things -- even if the outcome isn't what you wanted or thought was the right thing. When you're scared, your heart rate is often elevated, you're often sweating... kind of like when you're exercising. Finding the bright side, maybe we can believe we're burning calories when we face our fears! :-)
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Permalink Reply by Karen Simpson on -
I love...love this title it funny and it gets to the point of what the book is about
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Permalink Reply by Christin Geall on -
be careful with this--you could be shelved in the nutrition section!
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Permalink Reply by Emma French Connolly on -
True Christen! With publishers looking at buying books merely on titles, that is so important - and winding up on the proper shelf is where the sales will be most likely. Will this be a self-help title? Molly perhaps consider putting Fear first in your title, then something like The Gifts of Fear: burning, cleansing, and elevation of the soul
or
Fear is not the enemy you think it is
or something along those lines
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Permalink Reply by Eliza Battin on -
Makes me wonder about the actual calories according to level of fear- like being afraid to walk alone in the dark burns 10 M&M's - but I eat the whole package,
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Permalink Reply by Charlotte Watson Sherman on
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I'd buy this.
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Permalink Reply by Molly Sweeney on
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Thanks everyone! I think I do need a subtitle or tagline to help bridge the gap that may form between where I want to go and where the reader's mind takes them automatically. I'm kind of partial to this exact title because of how it came about. If you're interested, here's the story: http://molly-sweeney.com/?p=823.
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Permalink Reply by Emma French Connolly on
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Comes the White Horse.
this is the title of the novel I am querying - my first title for the same work was 'The Bounty of the Lord', but I ditched it after an agent said it sounded like a religious tract.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Simpson on
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I like this title alot
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