No real post today (what do you expect, people?), but I did want to share a link for an awesome, amazing, helpful website, which you are all probably already very familiar with but I'm going to share with you anyway because I can. It's Miss Snark's First Victim, and she's got an awesome post today about creating titles. This just happens to be something that interests me greatly. I LOVE titles. I LOVE coming up with titles. A great title will make me buy a book, no matter what the genre. Examples: Anna Dressed in Blood--how freaking awesome is that title? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn--amazing! Water for Elephants--yup, bought that right away. But more often than not, I see crappy titles. There, I said it. So you see, you need this link. Happy reading/titling!
I will also buy a book based solely on the title. Some of my favourite book titles are The Sound and the Fury, The Bronze Horseman, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and One Hundred Years of Solitude.
ReplyDeleteMiss Snark had some good advice on titling, which I could use!
Those are awesome titles, Brandy! Especially The Sound and the Fury--that's great. I'm glad you found the link useful.
ReplyDeleteFor me personally, I love a title that's quirky with strong, snappy words. For instance, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Grapes of Wrath are wicked titles! I also love something with an edge of darkness or mystery. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a great. These titles stuck with me long after I read them.
ReplyDeleteAlso great titles, Jamie! And I'm inclined to agree re: the snappy words.
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THANKS!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd, well, I guess I felt like an asshole for making you follow my blog since I've been a terrible blog supporter (?basher) in the past. BUT NO MORE!!