Titles

Right now I'm working on coming up with the title for my third novel. The working title for the project has been The Waking Man, but I've discovered that title was used for a short story published in 1992, and I don't really want anyone's sloppy title seconds.

So, please, send us here at Blogagaard your title ideas. I'd tell you what the book is about, but that'd just skew your title ideas and I want your coming at this thing fresh, baby.

13 comments:

Ian Rogers said...

Hmm, kinda hard to come up with a title without knowing something about the book, but I like a challenge. Here are few ideas based on the theme of waking/sleeping:

AwakenedWide AwakeDeep AwakeThe Wake-UpDeep SleeperSleepers and WakersSleepwakerThat's all I got.

David Oppegaard said...

Thanks Ian!

Anything others come up with can't be any worse than FREIGHT, which is what I came up with when I was drunk a couple of nights ago and woke up to wondering, what the hell was I thinking? FREIGHT?

Sgt. Misty Peppers said...

THE 6 MINUTE DIET

THE LONELY ONE

CLOVEN HEART

CRACKERS

HOPSCOTCH HEAVEN

HER OWN DEBRIS

HIDEOUS HANKERCHIEF

THE MAN SHAPED HAT

BOOMERANG BUG-A-BOO

TOASTERS

HOT PINK TIGHT & WET W/ SPLENDA

VACUUM REPAIRS

REPARATIONS WILL BE MADE

REAP WHAT YOU OWE

SOMETIMES NEVER

AND THEN SHE

TELL THE DOORKNOB

ONE FELL WHOOP

LAST MEAL OR ELSE

MY FRIENDS OF FRIENDS OF YOU

DARLING, WHERE'S CHARISMA?

THE TUMMY TANTRUM

EAT ME, EAT ME, EAT ME!

COLLEGE FOR CARS

DA DOO RUN DON'T

DEBBY DOES NOT

BOY SCOUT WHISPERER

FLOSS FOR THE WONDROUS

YOU LOST ME AT DOOM

DOORWAY DILEMA

SARAN WRAP CONDOM

PAPERCLIPPER SHIPS AT WAR

IT CAME FrOM INNERSPACE

SPIT

ARMPIT AND VINE

DANA HAD A HORSE

WHEN THE SIDEWALK TURNS ON YOU

MOTHERS OF THEM

A PENNY FOR YOUR DRAWERS

JIM HEYNEN JAMBOREE

Those are the ones I'll give you for free. Someday I hope to be shelving all of them under your name. Love and Kittens, Noah

PP said...

MORNING WOOD!

PP said...

wait, even better, if your book is sad:

MOURNING WOOD!

David Oppegaard said...

Maybe I'll go with

PAPERCLIPPER SHIPS AT WAR...

Missy said...

Better Than The Waking Man

The Baking Man

Better Than Awakenings

Better Than As I Lie Dying

With Jerry Mathers As The Beaver

Oh, Was I Asleep This Whole Time?

He is Risen (that will really expand your audience!)

Man on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown

Breaking Dawn (oops, done)

David Oppegaard said...

Man, this is some fierce brainstorming, people! How about "Breakdown: My Illicit weekend With Sarah Palin"

Missy said...

You better copyright that one before it is used by someone else!

Rand said...

Lessons Learned at the Lucky Dragon

starshrines said...

Prayer of an Innocent Man

I saw this one on a church's billboard in Oklahoma.

Becca said...

To play on Noah's:

When the Sidewalk Turns You On

Or...

On the Other Side of Right

Nun Chant Softly

Give Up and Fight

Anonymous said...

The Out-of-REM Y-Chromosoned is what I'm putting up there.

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