Finding the perfect book title is almost more difficult than writing the book. A title carries so much responsibility. It must tell potential readers this book is for YOU. It must awaken their curiosity, and chime to the specifics of the genre. And if that wasn't enough, it should also have keywords that will trigger traffic to the book listing.
These are all reasons why I am having such a problem finding a title for my latest work.
It is the first book in a new series of historical romances focusing on two aristrocratic families in Britain.
Book one started as The Runaway, but then during the writing the characters took over the plot so that the original title became inappropriate.
I then considered, Banished and also The Outcast. Both appropriate for the restructured story but not sufficiently inspiring for me to settle on either.
Today, I actually created a wordmap from the whole book, in the hope that the perfect title was hidden in the actual text.
Sadly it wasn't and all I've achieved is another one or two items for my to do list for when I start the next round of revisions. So back to the brain-storming for me.
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