#book titling

[risingshards]

Rambles about WIP titles

So I really like writing titles and coming up with titles for my work; one of the things I love about doing a web novel is coming up with episode titles that sound all TV show-y. I've been working on D6R a lot this week and it has me thinking about what I wanna call it.

Originally, it was called Serrate, which was the name of the planet at the time (IDK why I thought it fit the story to just call it the place it was at) . At one point it was Serrate I: The Hope of Tomorrow, with the subtitle I think having a dual meaning with the royal chosen ones getting dubbed the hope of tomorrow but with our exile main characters actually being that hope.

Then it was called...Rising Shards! And it kept that title until the Rising Shards I'm currently writing formed with a lot of character names carrying forward effectively for new characters, and the plot and style and everything changed and went into its own deal. So the old drafts became a story that I wanted to get back to but I had a feeling that grew more and more that they were generally events that happened before Rising Shards with their own cast.

I was working on a project adjacent to D6R that will still be part of it that I called Versus that I wrote a TON of subtitle ideas for, but I think one of the issues I had with that project was trying to do a story and mush the D6R writing in all at once. Right now my hope is that I can use the D6R drafts already written to combine into one thing, then get to the big Versus story beats I've been daydreaming about forever after within that story.

So this week I've been thinking about what I want to call D6R. One of the Versus subtitles was The Exile Rebirth, which I liked a lot but I used it when I put some of that writing on Kindle Vella, and that went bad so like. I kind of want a clean break from that title cuz it has some bad vibes.

I'm a bit tempted to do one of those ____ of ____ & ____ titles, but that may be too cynical to try for that, like "Oh this is what publishers want from their fantasy titles better do that!" But if I do come up with a title like that I like I won't shy away from it. I work at a library so I've been looking at the new YA titles this week like "Oh so they got the ____ of ____ & ____ ones, the two words merged ones, the ones that don't have a category like that, hmmm..."

I'm really hoping I get that title that just immediately feels right, like it did when I first thought of the character names a long while ago, slacking off in the back room of my computer shop job in my senior year of high school. So when I do figure out the title y'all will be the first to know!

—Chiral

[goddamnshinyrock]

I had a new "oh, my family were the weird ones" moment recently: it seems no one else's family celebrated Frog Night (the first warm rainy night of spring) by going down to the local vernal pool after dark to help the amphibians safely across the road and listening to the spring peepers. (We'd then go back in daytime later on to observe the egg masses, of course.)

Apparently "Frog Night" as a holiday is a thing my mother invented and not a widely-accepted idea, which is a shame because I've been referring to it as if it was for the past 30 years.

[great-and-small]

Was looking for a book today when I saw these various animal books all on the same shelf and noticed their titles made a nice little impromptu poem about veterinary medicine

[darcyolsson]

look i dislike the corporate artstyle book cover trend as much as the next person but we cant pretend every book looking the same is something new. if you stepped into a bookstore in 2013 there would be approximately 57 books whose cover art consisted of a girl in a ballgown with her back half-turned to the camera photoshopped into a vaguely fantasy-like landscape. i was 11 years old fighting for my life to find the right maximalistic girl and her single-adjective book title we cannot forget the horrors i went through please be respectful of my experiences

[kathaynesart]

REPLICA PLAYLIST

MUSIC UNDER CUT

I have been receiving requests for any songs that inspired Replica, so here, have my personal playlist. Sorry it’s not Spotify/Soundcloud but they don’t have some of these songs available so uh… guess you’re stuck with YouTube vids. For fun I'll include my personal titles for them (which might give a few hints of what to expect in the future/end).

Replica Main Theme - “Die for You” by Grabbitz Like Father Like Son Like Brother (Omega and Shelldon) - "As Above So Below" by Alistair Lindsay Mikey's Theme / The 1st Vision - "Suzume no Tojimari" by Nanoka Hara Military (Mad) Dogs / Central Park Colony - "Imperium" by Madeon Shanghai - "Icarus" by Madeon Boom Goes the Donnie-mite (Mikey/Donnie vs the Sweeper) - "The Red Zone" by Mitsuoto Suzuki The Day the Sky Bled Red - "7 Seconds Till the End" by Nobuo Uematsu Going Out Like a Boss (Raph and Leo) - "Agape" by Nicholas Britell Remembering the Right Way (Mikey and Leo) - "The Souls of Many" - by Alistair Lindsay Mystic Hands / The 2nd Vision - "Am I Dreaming" by Metro Boomin x A$AP Book 2 Trailer - "Sea Dragon" by Covet 7 Years Later - "Iron" by Woodkid Leo's Theme / Attack on the Labor Camp - "Ego Death" by Polyphia Omega's Theme - "Touch" by Daft Punk Flat Lines (Omega Alone) - "Die Toteninsel Emptiness" by 1000 Eyes Spear - "Monsters" by Tommee Profitt Final Protocol - "The Kraken" by Katie Dey Rise / Epilogue - "Close in the Distance" by Masayoshi Soken & Tom Mills

I will admit, it's a little embarrassing since you can easily see the patterns of what I've been listening to for the past year or two. I swear I listen to more than just videogame OSTs, these songs just jive well with the story and I often find lyrics distracting when brainstorming scenes. Regardless, the music I listen to is such an important part of my creative process and some of these songs really defined the scenes I now have locked in my head. So I figured it was only fair to give them the credit they're due.

I will continue to add to this playlist, and will note in comic updates when one of these songs is applicable!

[illuteridae]

collage comics

[gayfandomblog]

anyone else obsessed with the fact that korrasami went canon before gay marriage was federally legalized in the US and was the first gay couple in any western cartoon

[ragsy]

I handle a lot of books every day, and I have learned that cozy mystery novels (which the grandmas go NUTS over) always have some sort of cute animal or whimsical handicraft on the cover, but since they're mysteries, there's usually still some form of grisly murder involved, which gets you absolute gems like this:

[diioonysus]

sleep + art

[dyed-indigo]

believe it or not i am reading

[ID: A meme redraw of a quote-retweet with Scum Villain characters.

Luo Binghe @/shizunliker: you see me chasing you down wyd (Attached art of Luo Binghe running on Chinese rooftops while scowling)

Peak Lord Shen Qingqiu @/peerlesscucumber: Killing myself in front of you to forever change our bond and the trajectory of our lives. End ID]

[what-about-yogurt-night]

*gently slides this to you on a Zoo Pals paper plate and then scuttles away on all fours*

I like to think Charlie bingewatched the entirety of Mr. Frog as soon as he was introduced to it lol (when each episode only lasts like 10 seconds 17+ seasons of it wouldn't feel as daunting as suppose)

Mini transcript under the cut😎:

Mr. Frog (via the TV program) is saying "HELLO," "I'M MR. FROG," and "I LOVE YOU"

[poorlywoventhread]

Sighing Y/N dug out a lighter from their pocket. To keep their hands occupied, realising the flame, then quenching it.

Y/N: "Want?"

Ghost responded by pulling out a cigarette tucked away within the folds of his clothing..

Ghost: You dont even smoke. Why do you carry that thing around?

Y/N: You know me. running around. Living life. Committing arson.

[sea-webs]

"I don't know who I want to be, anymore."

Oc - Cirque | The Dragon Chosen by the Shadows |

| mary oliver / franz wright / chelsea dingman / mary oliver / sue zhao / can't find :( / can't find :( / i am a dog. i have blood all over my teeth. - sciencedfiction / little weirds - jenny slate / the unabridged journals of sylvia |

[impyssadobsessions]

I made a doodle to go with the WWT anniversary entry I made LOL.

I hope to continue the story one day. I do really like the concept >w<

[minalots]

so about that book…

[doodlinglina]

This darn fic by @bamsara not only got me interested in COTL but kickstarted an unhealthy obsession with anything related to that game.

So of course I made a bookcover-style fanart of it lol.