tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post2273367995520731059..comments2024-03-15T00:15:04.424-07:00Comments on Marilyn's Musings: Coming up With TitlesMarilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-65384443261843028862013-04-23T14:32:08.272-07:002013-04-23T14:32:08.272-07:00My first book was self-published last June. I name...My first book was self-published last June. I named it "By Force or Fear" as this is an element of the precipitating crime of stalking. The sequel is about a kidnap and called, "Intent to Hold". Both are taken from the California Penal Code. My third book will deal with a marijuana grow in the remote hills of Sonoma County. I'll find something from the Health and Safety Code for that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-12111519095315544862013-04-14T16:54:26.044-07:002013-04-14T16:54:26.044-07:00Janet, the very first book of mine that was publis...Janet, the very first book of mine that was published--1982-I titled Indian Paintbrush-the publishers changed it to Trail to Glory (their title had nothing to do with the book.)Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-1572092522893543592013-04-14T15:49:08.030-07:002013-04-14T15:49:08.030-07:00Has a publisher ever changed your title? Many auth...Has a publisher ever changed your title? Many author talk about title changes at the last minute.<br />JL GregerJ. L. Gregerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442307887725898087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-47730244862708172892013-04-14T11:28:37.558-07:002013-04-14T11:28:37.558-07:00Most of my titles come from what's going on in...Most of my titles come from what's going on in the book and the theme of the story. A recurring theme of Through a Yellow Wood is that there's almost always a choice of paths to follow. That made me think of Robert Frost's wonderful poem about the roads diverging in the yellow wood.Carolyn J. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499059171631792224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-89533667049572682642013-04-14T07:54:05.683-07:002013-04-14T07:54:05.683-07:00Thank you, everyone for your great comments. This ...Thank you, everyone for your great comments. This was fun.<br />Marilyn Meredith a.k.a. F. M. Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04179984154939161530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-6659160575323254432013-04-14T06:56:16.393-07:002013-04-14T06:56:16.393-07:00I had such a hard time coming up with the title fo...I had such a hard time coming up with the title for my book currently on submission, A Deadly Justice, that I've got tentative titles for my next four books all lined up.<br /><br />Now, if it will that easy to come up with the stories!<br />Kathy Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224602522480613934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-73779886908098962122013-04-14T00:06:06.082-07:002013-04-14T00:06:06.082-07:00I think of titles and then run them past my aunt w...I think of titles and then run them past my aunt who is an avid reader of murder mysteries and one of my beta readers. I went through several titles before we were both happy with the final result. Very interesting knowing how you came up with yours. ThanksWendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-50895474685351771402013-04-13T14:02:17.482-07:002013-04-13T14:02:17.482-07:00I like crazy sounding titles. For my Big Lake msy...I like crazy sounding titles. For my Big Lake msytery series, I try to concoct titles that are humorous and fit the story line. DUMPSTER DYING was easy because a body is found in a dumpster. GRILLED, CHILLED AND KILLED comes from a body in a beer cooler truck at a barbeque festival. For my third, I'm thinking SCREAM MUDDY MURDER because it features mud bog racing events and a body, well, parts of a body of course.Lesley Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552765934908042306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-42386208522690341322013-04-13T10:44:50.724-07:002013-04-13T10:44:50.724-07:00I like it best when a title pops up from within th...I like it best when a title pops up from within the story. Sometimes (as is the case with one sitting in the computer now), getting the right title is harder than writing the book.jrlindermuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09204855909246670628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-18492460023381052052013-04-13T09:12:30.429-07:002013-04-13T09:12:30.429-07:00I like the titles for my books to have a double me...I like the titles for my books to have a double meaning whenever possible. For example:<br />In "Mixed Messages," Ann lives with her alcoholic husband who is sometimes the sweet man she married and, at other times, a cruel stranger. She gets mixed messages from him. And, when the love poems she's been receiving anonymously are followed by threatening biblical quotes and someone leaves a tombstone with her name on it in her church's cemetery, she is terrified of what those mixed messages might mean. Patricia Gligor's Writers Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801554698484928100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-72239907336983751982013-04-13T09:03:20.886-07:002013-04-13T09:03:20.886-07:00Thanks for the post. Titles do come from many sour...Thanks for the post. Titles do come from many sources. My culinary mysteries are the easiest. In fact, I have several dozen titles I'll never live long enough to write. The one coming out first is "Mission Impastable" and the second book is "Prime Rib and Punishment". It is so much fun to pun the food angle. I hope I live long enough to write "Tequila Mockingbird"!River Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128604193981808617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-80962893000360372522013-04-13T09:02:52.762-07:002013-04-13T09:02:52.762-07:00Thanks for the post. Titles do come from many sour...Thanks for the post. Titles do come from many sources. My culinary mysteries are the easiest. In fact, I have several dozen titles I'll never live long enough to write. The one coming out first is "Mission Impastable" and the second book is "Prime Rib and Punishment". It is so much fun to pun the food angle. I hope I live long enough to write "Tequila Mockingbird"!River Glynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128604193981808617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-43949784455768883892013-04-13T08:59:36.609-07:002013-04-13T08:59:36.609-07:00Most often for me the title arises from the story,...Most often for me the title arises from the story, often with a twist of mistaken interpretation. I just finished writing a Liberty Heights short story entitled Adams and Eve. In the course of this Halloween story, characters are invited to a party and asked to come as an "Adams." As for Eve, well, assuming the story is published, you"ll have to read it to discover Eve's identity. The point is, it fits with the text and context.Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201701705523787683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164137142811869136.post-67773739004033417422013-04-13T08:57:50.678-07:002013-04-13T08:57:50.678-07:00My first title, CHANUKAH GUILT, just showed up. Bu...My first title, CHANUKAH GUILT, just showed up. But then I had to set the book during Chanukah. I then began to contemplate other titles involving Jewish holidays and, after rejecting PURIM PLOTZ and HIGH HOLY DAZE (which I think will be book #4),the second, UNLEAVENED DEAD, also popped into my head. While batting around ideas with my very clever, and pun-loving, younger son, 15 at the time, he said, "How about YOM KILLER?" and the title was born. I wish it were so easy to get the books written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com