Comments on: Choosing a title for your book http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:23:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: AG http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-2479 AG Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:21:44 +0000 http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-2479 Alan, I´m co-writing a book about successfull foreign women in Shanghai who came here following their husbands. We want to inspire the women from expat community here to redefine succes by sharing 30+ success stories. Of course our target audience is not English native-speakers only. Some of the titles we have in mind include: "THRIVE. Success stories from women..... "(a tagline that adds to China and women here). We like the idea of having one strong word - the challenge is to find one strong word which is not so common that it's bland, but is not so foreign that folks can't see a connection. Not sure if this works. Another could be "MRS. CHINA. Success stories....." (tagline). This would make reference to the popular book Mr. China about the story of a business man who came and lost everything in China, and MRS. CHINA (or book) tells the stories of those women who actually achieved so much here. Any ideas of how to approach this? Thanks Alan, I´m co-writing a book about successfull foreign women in Shanghai who came here following their husbands. We want to inspire the women from expat community here to redefine succes by sharing 30+ success stories. Of course our target audience is not English native-speakers only. Some of the titles we have in mind include: “THRIVE. Success stories from women….. “(a tagline that adds to China and women here). We like the idea of having one strong word - the challenge is to find one strong word which is not so common that it’s bland, but is not so foreign that folks can’t see a connection. Not sure if this works. Another could be “MRS. CHINA. Success stories…..” (tagline). This would make reference to the popular book Mr. China about the story of a business man who came and lost everything in China, and MRS. CHINA (or book) tells the stories of those women who actually achieved so much here. Any ideas of how to approach this? Thanks

]]> By: H.A http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-1010 H.A Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:30:47 +0000 http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-1010 Wow, this was extremely helpful! Thank you so much! As soon as I finished reading this, my mind was swarmed with book title ideas. Thanks Again! Wow, this was extremely helpful! Thank you so much! As soon as I finished reading this, my mind was swarmed with book title ideas.
Thanks Again!

]]> By: DaniC http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-758 DaniC Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:36:10 +0000 http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-758 Im sure this is redundant at best...but this really is an excellent site. I have saved this as a fav, there are too many important pieces of information that you have shared. Thank you again for sharing your expertise. Happy Holidays! Im sure this is redundant at best…but this really is an excellent site. I have saved this as a fav, there are too many important pieces of information that you have shared. Thank you again for sharing your expertise. Happy Holidays!

]]> By: Alan Rinzler http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-27 Alan Rinzler Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:36:15 +0000 http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-27 How about some of Tom's other titles, like Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, Half Asleep in Frog's Pajamas, and the classic Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What makes him a great writer of titles and of course the rest of the book is not only his creative genius but his willingness to write, rewrite, and take the time to choose exactly the right words, then go back and do it again. I'm looking forward to the Big Read event in San Miguel,Mexico (see "Speaking & Workshops" tab on this website for details) but, hey, no wild guys permitted, only serious literateurs with deep thoughts regarding the process of art and commerce. How about some of Tom’s other titles, like Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, Half Asleep in Frog’s Pajamas, and the classic Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. What makes him a great writer of titles and of course the rest of the book is not only his creative genius but his willingness to write, rewrite, and take the time to choose exactly the right words, then go back and do it again.

I’m looking forward to the Big Read event in San Miguel,Mexico (see “Speaking & Workshops” tab on this website for details) but, hey, no wild guys permitted, only serious literateurs with deep thoughts regarding the process of art and commerce.

]]> By: datinggod http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-26 datinggod Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.alanrinzler.com/blog/2008/07/11/choosing-a-title-for-your-book/#comment-26 . . . as i read this i thought of how tom robbins' book titles used to just floor me: still life with woodpecker, jitterbug perfume . . . so awesome, so telling. you know that if you enter, you're going to be taken on a seriously bizarre, wonderful, wild, wonky ride. (wish i could join you wild guys in mexico . . . :) . . . as i read this i thought of how tom robbins’ book titles used to just floor me: still life with woodpecker, jitterbug perfume . . . so awesome, so telling. you know that if you enter, you’re going to be taken on a seriously bizarre, wonderful, wild, wonky ride. (wish i could join you wild guys in mexico . . . :)

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