Trying to think of a title for my new book.
What sounds better?
Life Lessons from The Pantyhose Man
or
The Tao of the Cash Register
or
The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You
Or,
Jesus Allyson, you're totally creatively drained, take a freakin' break!
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 40: The Nice One
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 11:28:02 am PST #4949 of 10006
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 11:32:00 am PST #4950 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
lisah - Nov 17, 2005 11:32:46 am PST #4951 of 10006
Punishingly Intricate
Life Lessons from The Pantyhose Man
This is the funniest to me.
Connie Neil - Nov 17, 2005 11:34:27 am PST #4952 of 10006
brillig
The lady in the house has a history of mental problems--pause for the lack of surprise--and the people with her are an elderly woman and a three-month-old.
SWAT teams have stormed the house and freed/captured everyone. They were in there for 2 hours.
erikaj - Nov 17, 2005 11:34:30 am PST #4953 of 10006
Always Anti-fascist!
I'd go with "The Kid Behind The Counter Hates You" but my titles always stink.
Jessica - Nov 17, 2005 11:36:06 am PST #4954 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You
This is my favorite, but "The Tao of" is probably more marketable.
Theodosia - Nov 17, 2005 11:37:00 am PST #4955 of 10006
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Allyson, for titles on my stuff I nearly always change it numerous times before I finish, so these days I assign them temporary titles (my favorite: "No Commercial Potential") and worry about the title lastest. Usually by then my subconscious has had time to chew over it.
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 11:37:17 am PST #4956 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree with Jessica that Tao is marketable -- but all the other titles make me smile more. Are there other taos you could use?
amych - Nov 17, 2005 11:38:20 am PST #4957 of 10006
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You
Love this.
aurelia - Nov 17, 2005 11:40:39 am PST #4958 of 10006
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I like Lessons from The Pantyhose Man.
ita, bless you! I have a hell of a time finding shoes that aren't open toe.