tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926918147629869886.post8318600648186968217..comments2023-05-07T02:17:29.231-07:00Comments on The Melt-Ink Pot: Title (or what am I going to call today’s post?)Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872135325885272027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926918147629869886.post-87899837148072084662009-11-25T13:39:44.386-08:002009-11-25T13:39:44.386-08:00I always try to come up with clever titles, and I ...I always try to come up with clever titles, and I almost always fail. I think the best I ever came up with was "Rule of Thumb" for a very-long-neglected WIP about a planet-hopping (and, it turns out, timeline-hopping) news reporter who gets an assignment from her editor to investigate a planet where the inhabitants have taken "back to nature" to the extreme. They've decided that the only thing keeping the galaxy's intelligent races from living in harmony with nature and within their resources is the opposable thumb, so they've all had theirs surgically removed, and have an embargo against any trade goods from any thumbed species. Of course, our intrepid heroine figures out too late that by taking the assignment, she has to consent to the removal of her own thumbs...<br /><br />I really oughta finish that one some day.<br /><br />But I think that's the best title I've ever come up with. My current WIP is "The Daughters of August Winterbourne," which is an interesting enough title, I suppose, but would that entice anyone to pick up the book? I dunno.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14308431455364995660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926918147629869886.post-87486131137837646412009-11-20T17:09:26.413-08:002009-11-20T17:09:26.413-08:00Oh man, I was just going to ask what the title was...Oh man, I was just going to ask what the title was too. :)<br /><br />I had a long comment planned but then I realized it would be a perfect follow-up post to yours, so I will work on that (I know I missed my turn on Monday but am planning to post on Sunday AND Monday).Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444033260290261588noreply@blogger.com