tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post5774223035207341476..comments2024-03-12T15:59:16.193-05:00Comments on Full Moon Dreaming: Guest Blogger Kathryn ScannellJulie Lynn Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03574029767523627749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-55209174978406182172011-04-15T09:53:48.644-05:002011-04-15T09:53:48.644-05:00Hi PD,
Sounds like we're all in the same boa...Hi PD, <br /><br />Sounds like we're all in the same boat on titles. Maybe we could find someone who's good at them and subcontract? :-) <br /><br />I'm resisting the temptation to wax too enthusiastic about Yeats. There's so much depth in his work it's amazing, and he had such an interesting life on top of it. I discovered his work in middle school, and still enjoy it more years later than I'm going to admit to in public.Kathryn Scannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717480772265142293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-70863318431521923002011-04-15T08:56:56.987-05:002011-04-15T08:56:56.987-05:00Yeesh, titles -- that's often the last thing I...Yeesh, titles -- that's often the last thing I come up with, too, and once I changed the title after the contract was offered (and it's probably still lame.) I even wrote a query letter where the first draft had *** for the title. Must read the poem, thanks for the link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-47766416595555492522011-04-15T08:48:44.306-05:002011-04-15T08:48:44.306-05:00Pender,
Thank you. I'm glad to hear I'm ...Pender, <br /><br />Thank you. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this. I've got a novel I've been working on off and on for two years now, and for the first year or so it was just "Joe". It has finally gotten a title ("Aliyah"), but I'm afraid it may be way too clever for my own good. It's great and meaningful if you know anything about Judaism, but half my crit group thought it looked like a woman's name.Kathryn Scannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717480772265142293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-27627778743951840202011-04-15T08:45:36.170-05:002011-04-15T08:45:36.170-05:00Janice,
I found a link to the poem that Too Long ...Janice,<br /><br />I found a link to the poem that Too Long a Sacrifice was taken from, if you want to read it. It's one of my favorites: <br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/soundings/easter.htm<br /><br />On Easter weekend, 1916 a group of Irishmen rose in armed revolt against English rule and published a declaration of independence for an Irish republic. This initial effort failed and the signers of the declaration were all executed, but their they set events in motion that led to the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. Yeats knew many of them - three of the signers were also poets - and wrote this to commemorate their sacrifice.Kathryn Scannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717480772265142293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-15314242051101983242011-04-14T23:53:55.650-05:002011-04-14T23:53:55.650-05:00Hi Kathryn. I have a hard time with titles too. So...Hi Kathryn. I have a hard time with titles too. Sometimes they come in a flash but most times I've finished the story and still no title. I try to find a theme or a phrase that's somewhere in the story and use that as my title. (It doesn't always work though and most of my wips are simply saved as their progatonist's names until I have to come up with a title.Pender Mackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634448494382815382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-56218899825600802042011-04-14T21:20:19.030-05:002011-04-14T21:20:19.030-05:00Hi Kathryn,
I loved reading Too Long the Sacrific...Hi Kathryn,<br /><br />I loved reading Too Long the Sacrifice, and had no idea the title was from a poem. <br /><br />I'm terrible with titles but got lucky with my first novel, Windswept Shores. I was inspired by the weather in the Bahamas where the story is set. <br /><br />Janice~Janice Seagraveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576031935823587485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-41766242394764263292011-04-14T20:17:22.577-05:002011-04-14T20:17:22.577-05:00You're in no danger where the cover is concern...You're in no danger where the cover is concerned. Covers probably deserve a whole blog post of their own. I was actually a bit surprised, having listened to a number of big name authors with NY publishers grumble about getting no input into their covers to get a questionnaire to fill out for the book. <br /><br />In hindsight, I probably could have done a better job filling it out. I do wish I'd thought of specifying a preference in the area of font - I'd much rather have something with a more oriental feel. <br /><br />I made a big deal of wanting a black, oriental style dragon, because that's a very important symbol in the Empire. <br /><br />I also absolutely didn't want to have one of those photo covers with the heads cropped off because so few models want their face on a M/M romance cover. I hate those. I'd rather have a plain brown wrapper with a bar code. :-)<br /><br />Next time around I'll be wiser in specifying what I'd like on a cover, or possibly even buy my own stock photos and hand them to the artist.... I learned a lot about that side of things working with Sheri on my promo story, as well as getting a great cover out of it.Kathryn Scannellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717480772265142293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6175299018581644634.post-10102117894531707542011-04-14T09:29:56.272-05:002011-04-14T09:29:56.272-05:00Thats one thing I do struggle with, like you say, ...Thats one thing I do struggle with, like you say, the title counts. I choose my books by the cover and the title. Mine always change by the end of the book. Except one, Abigail Cottage, that remained the same throughout. I think you need to start with an idea for the title, then as the novel takes form, the real one will jump out at you usually. Embracing the dragon sounds fab, but I have to say (please don't kill me) your cover doesnt do it justice. Good luck with your books.Margaret Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771552615505635250noreply@blogger.com