TITLE SEARCH!!!
I’ve been very fortunate up to now to come up with titles for my books, either by myself or with the help of hubby and friends. But I have to say I’m stumped on my next book and I need help!!
The book in a nutshell goes something like this:
Jani needs forgiveness. Char needs to forgive. And the fact that they wish they could trade places with each other? Well, let’s just say it ain’t just the syrup that gets sticky when these sisters reunite on the family maple syrup farm.
IF WestBow uses your title suggestion, I will feature a character with your name in a cameo appearance in my book. :-) Please answer on this blog or send your ideas to me at diann@diannhunt.com. Please put "TITLE" in the subject line. Then be sure to check back here in August to see if we've landed a winning title!
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Colleen Coble writes romantic suspense with a strong atmospheric element. A lovable animal of some kind--usually a dog--always populates her novels. She can be bribed with DeBrand mocha truffles.
Denise Hunter writes women's fiction and love stories with a strong emotional element. Her husband says he provides her with all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too.
Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction. She has been happily married forever, loves her family, chocolate, her friends, chocolate, her dog, and well, chocolate.
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41 Comments:
Oooh, I love to play title search! :o) I'm working on it, Di!
Okay, I've had two comments to this on my email and here. Are you title-challenged like me? Throw out anything, no matter how silly it sounds. At least it might help me brainstorm, you know?
Don't be shy. All ideas help to get to the next thing.
Thanks!
Is this book serious or funny? It sounds like it's probably both, but that might help us think.
what about:
Sticky Solutions
Have the Cake and Syrup too Syrupped Sisters
Excuse the Syrup
Pardon Me, The Syrup's Dripping
Forgiveness, with Syrup on the Side
....
lol Diann, I dont know... I was just doing a play on words kind of thing... I'll keep thinking. When is the deadline for this title search?? :-D
Oh, sorry. My books are splashed with humor and touch on many of the issues facing middle-aged women today.
For instance, current titles are:
Hot Flashes & Cold Cream
RV There Yet?
Hot Tropics & Cold Feet
Great suggestions, Starbucks-aholic!! LOL! Thanks!
Oh, deadline is around the end of the month.
Stick With Me
Sticky, Sticking, Stuck!
Heaven Help Us
Switching Faces
Forgive Me, Forgive Me Not
I am bad at this, but I'll try:
Sticky Situations
Trading Places
A Helping of Forgiveness with Syrup on Top (LOL)
Sweet Forgiveness
Sticky Reunion
Stick with It
Forgive and Let Stick
Forgiveness, Wishes, and Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup Wishes
Down on the Farm
Secrets of the Syrup Sisterhood
Let's Stick Together
LOL....what great fun!
Tap into Love (cause you tap a tree doncha?)
Oozing and Forgiving
RV Forgiven?
Point of Forgiveness
I'm hungry now...wonder if I have any syrup, I do have pancakes! Thanks for letting me play. Better than editing.
Tapped Out
All bark and no bite
The maple's always sweeter on the other side.
Waffling and syrup
This is hard without having read it but those are a few ideas to get your juices flowing.
(instead of a cameo appearance, how about if the A man (A.Arnold) just contracts my latest novel? That's fair. ; )
Oh my goodness, these are GREAT, you guys!! Thanks so much for your input. I'm going to compile a list and see what happens.
Sorry, Gina, I don't have any control over the A Man. LOL!
Sticky Sweet Forgiveness
Sticky Situation
Sticky Struggle
Forgiveness on the Farm
To Forgive and be Forgiven
What's up with Syrup
Stuck with You
All Stuck Up
:)
And I never knew Indiana made pure maple syrup. (so says this former New Englander...)
The first thing that came to my mind was Stuck On You. A couple of the ones listed are similar but I didn't see that exact one. And of course, now that Lionel Richie song is playing in my head . . .
Or, Family Tree (that's not very funny, though).
Out of Your Tree is funny but doesn't really work. :)
Switched plays on the tree theme and the switching places theme.
I like "Stuck On You"
Sugar, Spice and Syrupy Nice. Ha!
I'll keep thinking...
Hugs, R
Well, after reading all these, Di, I don't have much more to offer. These were great!
But this thought came up; it's something we all use, and I don't know if these sisters leave each other notes like most family members do (nice or otherwise) but if they do, what about:
Sticky Notes
Coming to this late (Bloglines had a bunch of feed errors) but the title that popped into my head with the description was:
Switching Syrup
More great title suggestions! You girls rock!!!
An Ounce O' Sugar & A Pound of Love
Of Syrup & Sisters
Maple Madness
Sugartime
Sugarworks
Sugarbushin'
For Whom the Syrup Runs
Great day. All this sugar is giving me a silly sugar high.
Ah...
The Maple Caper
Maybe this one is way crazy, but how about:
Forgiving Pancakes & Forgiven Waffles.
All this talk of syrup made me want something to put syrup on.
How about Sticky Forgiveness?
Sorry but this just popped into my mind too ...
The Syrup Runs Through It
hmmm.. i've got some more too... lol
Breakfast Combo #2, Hold the Syrup
Stand by Me...with the Syrup
a change on an earlier one i posted: Have the Waffles, and Syrup too!
Freaky Syrup (haha, like Freaky Friday, lol)
Maple Leaves and Forgiveness Please
A Sticky Sisterly Switch
Maple Syrup Switch
Oversyrupped Waffle Sisters
Trading Plates
Pancakes and Pirates (lol, i dont know where that came in, just thought I would make you laugh)...
Maple Syrup Reunion
ok, i think that's all i've got... tomorrow's my day off... i think i need it!! ;-) Lol...
ok... that's all i've got...
sticking to forgiveness.
that's my suggestion. i'm not all that imaginative.
You guys are awesome!! Thanks for the great suggestions!! I'll be collecting titles until, say, next Monday if inspiration strikes you! :-)
Some of you have emailed instead of answering the blog, and that's fine too.
Thanks again for your input!!!
Oka - ay. Where are you? You foursome? I need my Girls Write Out fix this morning. Hel - lo - o - o - o! It's Friday.
GRIN
We were giving Diann plenty of time to rake in those title ideas. LOL Kristin is going to post later this morning. Sheesh, slave driver, Kristy! LOL
i check the blog every day. i have it set to feed to my livejournal but i still visit the actual blog just incase my live feed isn't working. hahaha!
It has been mentioned several times, but I like Sticky Situations. It is the first one I thought of.
To Forgive or Not to Forgive?
Sticky Wishes
The Sticky Sister Swap
or just Sister Swap
That's all I've got for right now.
Well, I love your books, and I love your titles...hmmmm, let's see...
how about
SyrupChicks and the Maple Farm?
No...that's already been done...
I know...
Sticky-Wicky Yada Yada Forgiveness?
Nope...I think that one's taken as well...
Hmmmm...Five Pancakes You'll Need to Forgive? Oh, now, that's just wrong...
I think I'll stop with
"Stick By Me"
When the sap, starts to run
And the leaves begin to turn
And the butter, is the only thing we see
Yes, I will, I will forgive
Ohhhh, I will, forgive you
Just as long,
as you "Stick By Me"
Oh Jani, Jani
Stick by me
ohhhh, stick by me
I will forgive
if you will stick by me....
(I do like a couple of the other suggestions by some of the other posters as well...)
ROTFLOL, Deemarie!!! Thanks for the great title suggestions. You too, Dixie!!
This has been so much fun! Thanks so much to all who are responding!!!
French toast and stubborn siblings
I'm just here to cheer you guys on !
Go, go, go, go!
Great suggestions! I'm loving the creativity of the other bloggers. My favorite is Stuck with You.
The Syrup Runs Through It!! ROFLOL. Good one Jennifer!
I'm not thinking of Lionel Richie, I'm thinking of Hewie Louis and the News happy to be Stuck With You. SIGH> I did NOT need that song in my head today.
I'm Title Challenged, Di. Sorry. But this is a fun idea!
Hello! I've never commented before, but I love your blog! You gals are great. I'll go ahead and join in the fun and throw out a few random ideas:
Hot Syrup & Cold Hearts
Sticky Hearts
Hard Hearts & Sticky Thoughts
The Sticky Heart Sisters
Best wishes...I know you'll come up with something great! :)
I'm bad with titles, but I'll give it a go.
Even Maple Syrup Slides South
Can you tell I've been looking at my tummy and butt lately? hehehehe
Oh Audra, how true!! LOL! I'm telling myself I really DON'T need a full-length mirror. I mean what are they really for anyway?? :-)
Shauna
Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who participated in my title search!!!! I'll forward these ideas to my editor and I'll let you know if they choose one. :-)
Thanks again for the suggestions!!
Am I too late?
Back in the Syrup
Sweet & Sour
Sticky Wicket
Sugar & Spice
Home Sweet Home
Up A Tree
Sweet Smarts
Sticky Story
I just e-mailed you these too, Diann.
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