tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post8399937833756809083..comments2024-03-26T07:33:18.502-04:00Comments on WordWranglers: ...by any other name... @Liz FlahertyMargiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03843006118151762550noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-75116910201279330652017-05-02T07:05:15.973-04:002017-05-02T07:05:15.973-04:00I like that, too. I like the sound of "Storm ...I like that, too. I like the sound of "Storm Chaser Shorts," too, but I know what it's like to hate one. :-)Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-87415076570547159542017-05-02T01:43:26.701-04:002017-05-02T01:43:26.701-04:00My biggest title fail was my story collection, &qu...My biggest title fail was my story collection, "Storm Chaser Shorts" ... yeah, it showed the connection to my first novel, but what an awful title. That's one time I wish my publisher had stepped in. I've never had a title changed by my publisher, though. I think my favorite title of my books is "The Notorious Ian Grant".Mark R Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07685591390353442531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-78324540417762181962017-05-01T23:27:31.511-04:002017-05-01T23:27:31.511-04:00I like that one!I like that one!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-53177568969546301912017-05-01T23:26:41.535-04:002017-05-01T23:26:41.535-04:00Carina changed both of mine there--one change I li...Carina changed both of mine there--one change I liked a lot, the other not so much. Title is like cover, though--I've never argued it that much.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-56855427525869878062017-05-01T22:42:46.876-04:002017-05-01T22:42:46.876-04:00Yes and no - hardly any of my draft-titles made it...Yes and no - hardly any of my draft-titles made it through to the end...but most of the finalized titles have been something I brainstormed (or helped to brainstorm). I actually like coming up with title ideas - although my editor would probably like it if I didn't have quite so many! lolKristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-83290981528728150462017-05-01T20:26:16.530-04:002017-05-01T20:26:16.530-04:00LOL....where do I start? I was adamant the title o...LOL....where do I start? I was adamant the title of my 2nd book should be 'Love on the Rocks', but by the time I'd written and published the 1st book in that series (long story short, I wrote the first 5 out of order, lol!), I decided to change it to Love Finds A Way. So when I repubbed that 1st book with the horrible title, I was able to rerelease it as Love on the Rocks:) Then when I was getting to release 'Star Crossed Lovers', I googled that title and discovered if I kept it, my book was going to get lost on Amazon. After a two day 'Great Title Search', my editor and I settled on 'Heart's Last Chance':)Molly Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488325587798390008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-7741631464459699132017-05-01T19:58:17.532-04:002017-05-01T19:58:17.532-04:00I love The Happiness Pact as a title. It should do...I love The Happiness Pact as a title. It should do really well. Most of my titles haven't changed from what I originally named them. I probably should have changed at least one of them because there are several books with the same title. My Carina Press book was originally called Welcome to Paradise, but they didn't like it. It became First and Again. I don't hate the title, but I still like the original better! Jana Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16624650840243322617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-74768879834076587812017-05-01T13:50:50.225-04:002017-05-01T13:50:50.225-04:00I had a hard time getting used to "Sex and th...I had a hard time getting used to "Sex and the Widow Miles," but once I did, I can't imagine it as anything else. It's such a great story.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-15583381468375014962017-05-01T13:49:48.378-04:002017-05-01T13:49:48.378-04:00Oh, Carolyn, what a good question. I would love &q...Oh, Carolyn, what a good question. I would love "Maybe This Time," but it's been used more than once (one time by Kathleen Gilles Seidel, always a favorite.) The only other thing I can think of is "Finding a Safe Place."<br />Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-17069920455650243672017-05-01T13:34:12.834-04:002017-05-01T13:34:12.834-04:00Titles are crazy--the original title for SEX AND T...Titles are crazy--the original title for SEX AND THE WIDOW MILES was LIKE FINE WINE, but we changed the name of my press to FINE WINE ROMANCES, so we needed to change the title of Julie's book. For some reason, I always feel a need to explain that the title doesn't mean the book is about sex, so maybe I should have thought harder about it. However, it's often the one that a lot of readers, especially my baby boomer readers, really love, so ...go figure. As a reader, I barely remember titles, more often it's authors and even then, it's more like, "I just read the best book...um..." ;-) Great post, Liz! Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08809913527142033733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-5626193664644152622017-05-01T13:22:39.815-04:002017-05-01T13:22:39.815-04:00I like The Happiness Pact for a title. I read The...I like The Happiness Pact for a title. I read The Debutante's Second Chance and it is about a subject that is not frivolous at all. (Great book!) If you had a chance to give it a new title what would you choose? Carolyn McCutcheonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505732730959271307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-29892875163077084062017-05-01T09:06:08.908-04:002017-05-01T09:06:08.908-04:00That's a great story! Not exactly how you expe...That's a great story! Not exactly how you expect things to come out.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-36191081295932438832017-05-01T08:34:15.072-04:002017-05-01T08:34:15.072-04:00Just last week I received the cover for my next bo...Just last week I received the cover for my next book back from the designer. Cool cover. Wrong title. She used the tag line, which I'm sure was an accident, and the more I looked at it, the more I liked. So now, I've changed the title, but it wasn't exactly my idea. So kudos to the one who made the error. I'm happy about the changeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187564735613229384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-1673435928519166292017-05-01T08:33:23.337-04:002017-05-01T08:33:23.337-04:00Have you kept most of your own, Kristi, or have yo...Have you kept most of your own, Kristi, or have you had to change them?Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-25978480416729286452017-05-01T08:14:27.283-04:002017-05-01T08:14:27.283-04:00bahaha, Ava!
I've liked all of my titles exc...bahaha, Ava! <br /><br />I've liked all of my titles except one...and the one I don't like *does* fit the book really well...but it's still not my favorite. <br /><br />Fun post, Liz!Kristina Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13674920511835640874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-84215178114984078312017-05-01T07:23:01.692-04:002017-05-01T07:23:01.692-04:00Lol--I can't imagine why they wanted you to ch...Lol--I can't imagine why they wanted you to change that!Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133132309124375119.post-33253210828461043902017-05-01T07:15:56.348-04:002017-05-01T07:15:56.348-04:00As a self-published author, no one has ever change...As a self-published author, no one has ever changed my titles, but my editor and writer peeps *did* talk me out of titling my first book "Love, Latex, and NutriaGlop." So that was definitely a good thing! Ava Cuvayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06312693483840366091noreply@blogger.com