Title Trauma
Okay, "trauma" might be a little strong, but I do love my alliteration. It is strange, though, to be the author of a book without a title. As you probably know, my original title was BROKEN WINGS, but the publishing house decided I needed something stronger. Besides, there were already books with the same title out there, most currently this one, which is about dark angels. Which my book is definitely not.
Just before Christmas, my editor proposed a new title. I won't give it away in case we end up going with it after all, but I will tell you it had some things going for it. For one, it was short and sweet; one-word titles seem to be "in" these days. For another, it was a verb, which gave the book a sense of movement and action. And last but not least, it was evocative of the content of my story - always a plus, right?
But my editor emailed me today and said that the title I thought was a sure thing is probably a no go. Why? Because there's another recently-released book out there with the same title, this one about vampires.
There must be some kind of middle ground between angels and vampires. Somewhere out there, there must be a perfect title for me.