tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post3547724833526740728..comments2024-03-15T09:26:02.796-05:00Comments on PROJECT MAYHEM: Terrific TitlesProject Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154342399869089664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-47904393183503412132013-06-30T10:22:16.258-05:002013-06-30T10:22:16.258-05:00Thanks, Taurean! I really liked that title, too, a...Thanks, Taurean! I really liked that title, too, and was glad the publisher decided to use it :)Dawn Lairamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615827571568264386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-54909647475874578472013-06-29T12:36:43.194-05:002013-06-29T12:36:43.194-05:00For what it's worth, Dawn, I think "Ivy a...For what it's worth, Dawn, I think "Ivy and the Meanstalk" is a fun, smart title, and at least you got to use it in the end, right?<br /><br />It's certainly unique, in that in all the tellings and re-telling's of "Jack and the Beanstalk" there's yet to have been a variant of the story or it's lore with a girl, at least not to my knowledge.<br /><br />Taurean Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604609379930060667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-68593739677693224772013-06-27T10:40:35.975-05:002013-06-27T10:40:35.975-05:00I hear most titles are changed, too. With my first...I hear most titles are changed, too. With my first book, the publisher didn't think my original title was fairy tale enough and asked me to try to come up with something more in that vein. Luckily, they liked the replacement title I came up with (Ivy's Ever After), and let me keep my original title for the sequel (Ivy and the Meanstalk). A lot hinges on the title of a book, and they are very conscious of that.Dawn Lairamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615827571568264386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-34879120830223634282013-06-27T10:35:32.717-05:002013-06-27T10:35:32.717-05:00Yes!!Yes!!Dawn Lairamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615827571568264386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-50585838517011019762013-06-27T10:35:22.788-05:002013-06-27T10:35:22.788-05:00You're welcome! Titles can be a very tricky bu...You're welcome! Titles can be a very tricky business.Dawn Lairamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615827571568264386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-5812353588657098212013-06-27T10:34:42.285-05:002013-06-27T10:34:42.285-05:00I love it, too--and that book has been on my to-re...I love it, too--and that book has been on my to-read list for a while!Dawn Lairamorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615827571568264386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-74331060279699483742013-06-25T05:48:11.114-05:002013-06-25T05:48:11.114-05:00One of the best MG titles I've come across lat...One of the best MG titles I've come across lately (outside of PMGM authors, of course) is The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making.<br /><br />I don't know, I'm sure it's too long and wordy for some, but I'm too long and wordy myself, so I love it.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-56947959148416420042013-06-24T23:38:05.491-05:002013-06-24T23:38:05.491-05:00Thanks for the tips. I'm horrible at titling.Thanks for the tips. I'm horrible at titling. bfavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14164661338051897220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-90978697398119367652013-06-24T17:47:11.861-05:002013-06-24T17:47:11.861-05:00You can add Percy Jackson to the list of MG books ...You can add Percy Jackson to the list of MG books with a character's name in the title.Michael G-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947421844294471304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-79612661009490771372013-06-24T17:24:39.487-05:002013-06-24T17:24:39.487-05:00Titles are tricky. I've heard that something l...Titles <i>are</i> tricky. I've heard that something like 90% of manuscript titles get changed by the publisher before publication anyway. However, a lively or unique title is more likely to get someone to look at your manuscript in the first place. I've always loved the title <i>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</i>, even though it doesn't mention Claudia at all.<br /><br />Joanne R. Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08076959910493197255noreply@blogger.com