I was trying to find something appropriate to the proto-Eurydice myth, Inanna's descent into the Underworld, but her reasoning for the descent is murky. She claims she's there to witness a funeral rite, but that appears to not so much be the case and she may have been there to conquer the realm of the dead.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
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Miracleman - Mar 20, 2008 11:02:35 am PDT #9911 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Amy - Mar 20, 2008 11:14:50 am PDT #9912 of 10001
Because books.
Unquiet Grave isn't bad, Ginger.
MM, dude. Pulls out the research!
Miracleman - Mar 20, 2008 11:28:06 am PDT #9913 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
MM, dude. Pulls out the research!
It was research I did for something else a few years ago. Just had to go back and verify why she went and it was....ambiguous.
Susan W. - Mar 20, 2008 11:51:36 am PDT #9914 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I like Unquiet Grave, and the book itself sounds fascinating.
I suck at titles. I feel like all of mine are boring, with the possible exception of my WIP and its planned sequel...and I'm still paranoid enough about giving out my alternative history hook before I've finished the book that I don't like talking about them in a searchable forum. They're too spoilery.
I have non-spoilery working titles for my extremely sketchy ideas for Books 3 and 4 of the series--The Strangest of Bedfellows and Glory's Nemesis--but I hope I can think of something better and less cheesy between now and writing the books.
Amy - Mar 20, 2008 11:57:33 am PDT #9915 of 10001
Because books.
Anyone want to vote on these?
Gravedigger (a little black humor doesn't go amiss in this market)
Grave Hunger
Graveside Magic
Hungry as the Grave
Susan W. - Mar 20, 2008 12:06:36 pm PDT #9916 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I like Hungry as the Grave. It has a nice rhythm.
Amy - Mar 20, 2008 12:11:48 pm PDT #9917 of 10001
Because books.
That's one vote!
SailAweigh - Mar 20, 2008 12:18:19 pm PDT #9918 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I dunno, my mind went immediately to Hungry Like the Wolf and big hair bands.
Amy - Mar 20, 2008 12:19:45 pm PDT #9919 of 10001
Because books.
So which one do you like? It's okay if it's none of them.
Ginger - Mar 20, 2008 12:24:11 pm PDT #9920 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The story would be a different twist on Poe's "Premature Burial."
I like "Hungry as the Grave," particularly since I found this:
Cruel as Death, and hungry as the Grave!
Burning for blood! bony, and gaunt, and grim!
Assembling wolves in raging troops descend;
And, pouring o'er the country, bear along,
Keen as the north wind sweeps the glossy snows.
All is their prize.
The Seasons: Winter, J. Thomson