tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post2401954332371657849..comments2024-01-19T13:24:15.734+00:00Comments on ::Acquired Taste: Tim Strettonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-4080380064532474872008-01-08T07:56:00.000+00:002008-01-08T07:56:00.000+00:00Will is always worth listening to on titles. Firs...Will is always worth listening to on titles. Firstly, he knows what will sell; and secondly, he has a great ear. "Shock and Awe" has to be the perfect title for your book, David. "Smite the Waters" was interesting, but "Shock and Awe" grabs by the throat.Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-46018400379988820832008-01-08T02:46:00.000+00:002008-01-08T02:46:00.000+00:00When Will suggested I change my title from Smite t...When Will suggested I change my title from <I>Smite the Waters</I>, he said that he liked it but the booksellers thought it "too oblique."<BR/><BR/>Who wants to argue with the folks who have to order it and put it on the shelves? Not I, that's fer sure.<BR/><BR/>"Dog of the North" and "Testament" are both great titles. And, I have to say that Alis' former possiblity of "Steadfast Like the Crane" is also a great title--though perhaps, as they say in the trade, a bit 'oblique'.David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-21641264873319232302008-01-07T14:53:00.000+00:002008-01-07T14:53:00.000+00:00Thanks for your vote, Alis!Will is a great judge o...Thanks for your vote, Alis!<BR/><BR/>Will is a great judge of a title, and I think Testament is super: evocative in its own right, but also allusive of the Labyrinth/Sepulchre timeslip genre (and wouldn't you like sales like those!).<BR/><BR/>Titles are interesting: in some ways the least important word/sentence in the book, and in others the most. On one level it's just a label and a marketing tool, but a good one can be so much more...Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671128.post-29574559178153167712008-01-07T14:43:00.000+00:002008-01-07T14:43:00.000+00:00Hi Tim! For me, it's got to be The Last Free City....Hi Tim! For me, it's got to be The Last Free City. I do sympathise with feeling that another title is perfect for various reasons - Testament would have been Toby for all sorts of reasons and was for the whole of its n-draft life but, as Will said, nobody would pull it off the shelf with a title like that.<BR/>Good luck with finding your way into the story, anyway and hope it continues to develop positively.Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.com