Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet? Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along. Book: He could hurry... a little.

'Safe'


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.


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.


Allyson - Nov 17, 2005 11:45:07 am PST #4959 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

Aw, Theodosia, I have to name the baby first, and then fill its mind with filth. I'm partial to The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You. I think publishers will fear it, maybe.


amych - Nov 17, 2005 11:47:05 am PST #4960 of 10006
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I think publishers will fear it, maybe.

I hope not. It sounds the most you-like of them all. Plus, funny.


sarameg - Nov 17, 2005 11:47:53 am PST #4961 of 10006

I like Hate then Life Lessons the best. But I have a somewhat irrational (ok, maybe all the way irrational) dislike of tao of titles. I'd blame it on freshman english, but that'd probably just be making something up.

Why does the sky always start falling when I'm about to be able to do nothing about it?