Monday, October 13, 2008

Book Titles

I have been puzzling over a book title for the past few months. When author Max McCoy critiqued a few pages he pointed out the title is part of marketing the novel to editors and agents.

That was the end of June. I've been thinking about it ever since. I've thought about using "river," or the name of the town where it's set, "Walnut Ridge," or a dozen other things.

Yesterday on our trip to Quivira I came up with something I like. At least I think I like it. I'm still mulling it over.

It's in the first sentence of the book. Yes, the first sentence. I'm not going to mention it here until I see if I can buy the domain name and such.

Did I mention it's in the first sentence of the book? Less than 20 words in? Did I mention that? Been thinking since the end of June - a good three and a half months. Yep. First sentence.


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Quivira with Friends



Greg, his girlfriend Mia, Mark and I went to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge this afternoon. Mia likes to birdwatch. I just like to be there. Mark hadn't ever been and Greg is almost always open to anything that might generate more photos.

I've been thinking lately that I need to get more photos of Greg. Of course, I forget on a regular basis - like last night when we were with Mark Russell. I didn't even have my camera with me. But, I've gotten a few nice pix of him lately. I love this one. It's quintessential Greg, as are some others I got today.





I'm glad tomorrow is the Columbus Day holiday. It has been a nice weekend, but I've spent a lot of time working.



I have some things I have to do tomorrow, but it's going to be a busy week so I think I'm going to take it easy tomorrow as much as possible.





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Check www.patsyterrell.com for the blog, art, and more. Friend me on Facebook.com, Follow me at Twitter.com.

I am looking for book clubs willing to read and critique my novel when it's completed. If your book club is interested, please email me at patsyterrell@gmail.com. Thanks!