tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post7217126808439724662..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: titlesBlue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-76692206351967896522007-06-13T11:43:00.000-04:002007-06-13T11:43:00.000-04:00i am awful at titles and am dismayed to hear that ...i am awful at titles and am dismayed to hear that title issues have lead to selling issues. ugh. there should be some kind of tutorial for coming up with titles when you have no inspiration to do so<BR/><BR/>as an aside i wanted to tell you how much my kids love LISSY! it is one of their top reading requests and at this point i have the entire story memorized- good thing i like it too!daphne grabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538656498241979532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-14557141719090843032007-06-13T10:18:00.000-04:002007-06-13T10:18:00.000-04:00Take heart. Patricia Wrede was writing a series ...Take heart. Patricia Wrede was writing a series about Dragons (Enchanted forest series), all of which were to have Dragons in the title. About the middle of the group, she wrote one with the working title of "Bowling for Dragons." <BR/><BR/>(It may have ended up being titled either Searching for Dragons or Calling on Dragons. Jane Yolen would know for sure, if she reads this BLOG, she edited the series.) (or ask Pat)<BR/><BR/>In my own case, I've found the editors always change the title anyway, so it's not good (for me) to get too attached to any one title.<BR/><BR/>-librarian, writer, momAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-51260274368662050892007-06-13T08:23:00.000-04:002007-06-13T08:23:00.000-04:00Boy, can I relate to this! I can't even BEGIN writ...Boy, can I relate to this! I can't even BEGIN writing a novel until I have the perfect title. It's just such an intrinsic part of the story for me. I like your phrase "the wrapping."<BR/><BR/>I wrote a post about it at:<BR/><BR/>http://greetings-from-nowhere.blogspot.com/2007/05/which-came-first-chicken-or-egg.html<BR/><BR/>I love that titlescorer. (But How to Steal a Dog only scored 22.9%. Hmmph)Barbara O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772206568826059623noreply@blogger.com