The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You
This is my favorite, but "The Tao of" is probably more marketable.
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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.
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
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?
erikaj - Nov 17, 2005 11:48:55 am PST #4962 of 10006
Always Anti-fascist!
And it'll leap out on the shelf. I love that, even if mine don't.
brenda m - Nov 17, 2005 11:49:20 am PST #4963 of 10006
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The Kid Behind the Counter Hates You
Love this, and I don't see it as particularly unmarketable.