Well, I’m trying to come up with a new title for my urban fantasy novel. I’ve thought of so many names that I’m starting to dream about it. It’s not easy encapsulating all the elements of a story into one pithy phrase.
So I figured I’d pick your brains. What sort of names snag your attention in the bookstore (or while you’re browsing online)?
Help me out! A random commenter will win any book they want from my backlist.
October 7th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Usually is not the name but the cover that catches my eye. very seldom does the name catch my eye. Tell us more about the book. Maybe we can help you come up with a title.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:34 am
I really need more info to come up with a title.
October 7th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hmmm, so it’s the cover, more than a title? Interesting.
Well, this is an urban fantasy, where the heroine possesses the gift of psychometry. She’s spent her life on the run, and at the start of the book, is being dragged back to the life she left behind.
October 7th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
not gonna lie, had to google psychometry to see what it meant.
i think you should do something that has touch incorporated into it for sure.
contact…
heated contact.
i don’t want to say ‘forced contact’ because that feels like rape to me. something tangible, tactile, something have to do with what she touches. is there something that gives her that big
‘aha!’ moment? maybe something with that.
or soemthing to do with the fact that she was on the run.
concealed contact.
i dont know. just some thoughts
October 8th, 2007 at 11:53 am
Maybe something with the word gift in it. Gift of Touch, Touching Gift, Unwilling Gift - titles are hard lol.
October 8th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
For me, it could be either the title or the cover or both. I would love to read this when it comes out.
“No Contact”
“Contact’s Gift”
“Enchantment’s Touch”
October 8th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Vibes or Divine Vibrations
October 8th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
I agree that the cover, instead of the title, is what really grabs me first.
Don’t get me wrong…I DO notice the title, but it’s not usually the *first* thing that gets me. :o)
October 8th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
I like books that have short titles.If the type is cool that catches my eye too,although that doesn’t help with a title. Short and sweet is the best
October 9th, 2007 at 9:27 am
What about just Touch short sweet and to the point.
October 9th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Wow, Christy, those are good ideas.
Dena, I agree with you totally. I prefer short titles. One of my favorite authors, James Lee Burke, has some long ones that blow my mind particularly:
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead
But for myself, I like the short ones.
Marketing wanted me to get away from the whole Touch idea, Pam. And I had no backup plan. Heh.
October 9th, 2007 at 10:27 am
For me it’s mostly the cover that snags my attention in the bookstores.
How about The Return or Coming home?