Just going by your own comparison.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Typo Boy - Sep 30, 2010 11:35:01 am PDT #3613 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Burrell - Sep 30, 2010 12:30:26 pm PDT #3614 of 6693
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Windmills not Weapons has a nice ring, but you don't want to encourage a "tilting at windmills" reference. You don't want to imply that it's unrealistic to expect a large scale investment in green energy.
Hmmm. Not good at titles. From the War Machine to the Green Machine?
Or something about the next industrial revolution--get in a ref to greener industries and the idea that it will take a real revolution in how we address these issues?
Gudanov - Sep 30, 2010 12:37:21 pm PDT #3615 of 6693
Coding and Sleeping
I like Windmills not Weapons too.
Connie Neil - Sep 30, 2010 12:41:54 pm PDT #3616 of 6693
brillig
Would Plowshares not Weapons work? Beating weapons into plowshares is an established image.
hippocampus - Sep 30, 2010 12:44:04 pm PDT #3617 of 6693
not your mom's socks.
Connie Neil - Sep 30, 2010 12:44:31 pm PDT #3618 of 6693
brillig
Yeah, all the good ideas get taken.
DebetEsse - Sep 30, 2010 12:46:45 pm PDT #3619 of 6693
Woe to the fucking wicked.
What about solar panels and stealth bombers instead?
Typo Boy - Sep 30, 2010 1:10:03 pm PDT #3620 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I decided that the explicitness she wants means giving up conciseness so, what about the following variations?
Beating Stealth Bombers(swords?) into Solar Panels, and Other Steps on the Path Away from Climate Apocalypse: Beyond Market Tinkering in Solving Global Warming
Clean Energy, not Dirty Wars, and Other Steps on the Path Away from Climate Apocalypse: Beyond Market Tinkering in Solving Global Warming
Windmills, not Weapons, and Other Steps on the Path Away from Climate Apocalypse: Beyond Market Tinkering in Solving Global Warming
Liese S. - Sep 30, 2010 1:24:12 pm PDT #3621 of 6693
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Other Steps on the Path is long. Can you go with Averting? I'm also not too sure about the subtitle.
Typo Boy - Sep 30, 2010 1:29:05 pm PDT #3622 of 6693
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
It this better?
Beating Swords into Solar Panels, and Other Ways to Avert Climate Apocalypse: An American Response to Global Warming Beyond Market Tinkering
Clean Energy, not Dirty Wars, and Other Ways to Avert Climate Apocalypse: An American Response to Global Warming Beyond Market Tinkering
Windmills, not Weapons, and Other Ways to Avert Climate Apocalypse: An American Response to Global Warming Beyond Market Tinkering