Ten Terrible Titles
- Books
Stephanie Burgis tagged me for this fun Ten Terrible Titles meme. Here are the rules:
Scroll through your manuscript and stop on a random place, ten times. Whatever you land on becomes one of ten terrible titles.
I did this for SECRETS OF THE DRAGON TOMB. Basically, I opened the PDF of the galley, closed my eyes, scrolled and then dragged the cursor across before opening my eyes. Whatever was highlighted I chose (and, hey, I even found a typo on the way…)
The only changes I made were to make sure I had either full sentences or coherent clauses. Oh, and I left out one that would have been a total spoiler for the end of the book.
So, enough waffle, here they are, in no particular order (well, in reverse order, because, you know, just because I can):
- We have improved upon them beyond recognition.
- Smaller glass windows at the side. (Doesn’t that one sound exciting…)
- The moons were high and the sky clear.
- We plunged through the grass.
- All I could see were the whites of her eyes.
- The next moment, it regained its footing and came for me again.
- Mama’s eyes flashed. “And as for you, Edward!”
- A snapping serpent oak lunged out of the darkness.
- Their enormous pale eyes staring like mad moons.
- Hanging from a dragon’s claws far above the ancient Martian landscape.
Actually, SECRETS OF THE DRAGON TOMB had quite a few terrible titles before I got the one I wanted, but none of them as bad as these, I hope.
If you want to play, consider yourself tagged!
