tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post8484106332949024608..comments2024-02-10T02:12:10.516-08:00Comments on CAROLINELEAVITTVILLE: Title ThisCarolinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-29178745222691145382009-06-05T05:49:33.409-07:002009-06-05T05:49:33.409-07:00Katharine, I love the title The Pathetic Family.. ...Katharine, I love the title The Pathetic Family.. It puts a whole different spin on the novel, doesn't it?--and True Confections is genius.<br />And thank you Jacqui and Mary for such kind words!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724359857107668407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-54137427048293996432009-06-04T05:55:12.783-07:002009-06-04T05:55:12.783-07:00I have always found the titles for my novels early...I have always found the titles for my novels early in the process, but with time I have really regretted that I called my third novel The Little Women, because I think it was like putting a label on the cover that men should not even think of reading it, and I desperately wish I had used Louisa May Alcott's working title for The Little Women, which was The Pathetic Family.<br /><br />My forthcoming novel had the working title of Temper (which signified for many reasons, from chocolate, which the novel is about, to anger) but the marketing people at my publisher objected, and after much brainstorming of many titles containing the word "chocolate," my wonderful editor John Glusman proposed the perfect title, TRUE CONFECTIONS. It's the first time someone else titled a novel of mine, and it is, I think, a brilliant choice.Katharine Weberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933086172475315821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-78594323841135491562009-06-03T07:55:12.594-07:002009-06-03T07:55:12.594-07:00I've gotta' say, Caroline, speaking strict...I've gotta' say, Caroline, speaking strictly from this reader's/browser's point of view, I am IMMEDIATELY drawn to one-word (preferably verb) titles. I practically gasped at your chosen title of BREATHE the first time you mentioned it and, sight unseen, there's no question that I am already hopelessly in love with this upcoming novel of yours!Mary Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13014098891464841104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-7078681009051207432009-06-02T15:33:01.196-07:002009-06-02T15:33:01.196-07:00PAGE PROOFS!! WOO HOO!!!!
Titles,though, phew th...PAGE PROOFS!! WOO HOO!!!!<br /><br /><br />Titles,though, phew those are hard. For my last Theda mystery, I'd run out of cat/literature puns so I held a contest. That won't work for you, though. (And both "Shades of Grey" and my new/old/revived w-in-progress "Dogs Don't Lie" both came to me, so clearly it doesn't always happen that way for me, either.)<br /><br />Hmm... one word, verb... what is the movement of the book? If the upcoming one BREATHES, does this one stride, fall, fly? Maybe you just have to wait until it tells you, somewhere in the second draft...<br /><br />PAGE PROOFS!! WOO HOOO!Clea Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810838253598050028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-60252232545215920772009-06-02T14:49:50.331-07:002009-06-02T14:49:50.331-07:00Hello Caroline,
Enjoyed your panel at Backspace t...Hello Caroline,<br /><br />Enjoyed your panel at Backspace tremendously. I have changed my title at least five times so I am glad to hear this is not unheard of.<br /><br />Loved GIRLS IN TROUBLE and can't wait to read your new book.<br /><br />JacquiJacqueline Carneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226146435702695416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4396875931357506685.post-88417864742349110422009-06-02T14:49:49.776-07:002009-06-02T14:49:49.776-07:00Hello Caroline,
Enjoyed your panel at Backspace t...Hello Caroline,<br /><br />Enjoyed your panel at Backspace tremendously. I have changed my title at least five times so I am glad to hear this is not unheard of.<br /><br />Loved GIRLS IN TROUBLE and can't wait to read your new book.<br /><br />JacquiJacqueline Carneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226146435702695416noreply@blogger.com