I don’t think I’ve said a WHOLE lot about the book I’m working on. I don’t like to say too much about my WIPs until they’re released. Anya and I sat down at lunch yesterday and worked on some book cover ideas and book titles. Those are the two things that sell a book to me. Although most people look at the cover first. I always look at the title first, the cover second. If the title is catchy, I look further, but if it doesn’t interest me, I don’t usually even look at the cover. The cover is the second step in determining my interest, though, so it’s very important, too.
I think Anya and I have a general idea of what to do with the cover. I think it’s going to look great. But the title is still elusive. I have an idea, but someone else has a title ALMOST exactly like it. I know a lot of books share the same title, but I try not to duplicate unless the title just calls to me. So that’s where I am, thinking of a cover, trying to come up with a title, and about 8,000 words away from finished.
I still don’t know if this will be considered horror or not. We shall see. There’s murder, an evil spirit, and bad people in this book. And a little romance thrown in for good measure. 🙂
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Getting stuck on a title can be the worst. Good luck.
Sometimes, the title comes before the story, like it did with Soul of a Vampire and the next book I’m going to write. But most of the time, the title eludes me for a long time.
Sounds sinister! I like 🙂 I have not (yet) struggled with titles, whether for poems, shorts, or my novel series. I think the best titles are simple, but almost suggest a question. Like ‘Finding Esta’… It immediately begs the questions, Why find Esta? Who is Esta? Etc. Or ‘The Dead Party’ stirs thoughts of dead people at a party, or a party of The Dead.
I’m sure you’ll pull one out of the bag Lauralynn – you always do 🙂
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I agree that it should be simple. And it needs to kind of pull you in, make you interested. One title I thought of was “Hearts of Evil”, but there’s a book out there called “Heart of Evil”. But the title needs to be SOMETHING like that.
So far titles haven’t been a problem for me (editing on the other hand, grrr…..). I usually find the title hidden somewhere in the manuscript, a non-sequitur, or a phrase that just rolls so butterishly off the tongue. But I’m sure the title will come to you when its ready; leave a light on titles can’t tell time.
Who knows, it might come to me in the middle of the night. 🙂