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Titles!
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 28, 2007, 02:53:27 AM ---OMG neurovore, is your father single???
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My parents are still together; this is not usually call for an "alas".
--- Quote ---I can't believe that someone else remembers "And to my Nephew....." It's still on our local library's bookshelves because I went looking for it again. If he's single fix me up! We ATMNAILTIWIWOFAHIAPG fans have got to stick together!
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Personally I thought The Great Dinosaur Robbery was better, and am peeved that it got made into a Disney family film rather than a more accurate version - preferably by Blake Edwards back when he was still any good.
--- Quote ---Nothing like a Russian warship running between you complete with Russian's and AKA's. Okay were there AKA's in the 60's???? anyway they had guns as I recall.
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The AK47, curiously enough, dates from 1947.
--- Quote ---Sad news, a collumnest (my G** A***** spelling) for the NY Post told me that she knew an editor that threw away any query or manuscript that didn't have a great title and read no further.
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There have been cases of subeditors at major publishing houses doing this; from all that I hear, they get fired rapidly.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
The other titles I love pretty much uncritically are Theodore Sturgeon's "If All Men Were Brothers Would You Let One Marry Your Sister ?" and Kinky Friedman's The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover.
meg_evonne:
I was joking! I'm thrilled your parents are alive and happily married! :D :D
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 28, 2007, 09:55:40 PM ---I was joking!
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Thought so; that would appear to have been a failure-of-deadpan in my reply.
ihatepeas:
I tend to have a really hard time with titles, but I have yet to find a muse so I limp along on my own. I've been having a little better luck recently, with titles like these:
Don't Roll Your Eyes When You're Undercover (YA murder mystery)
Up, Down, and Strange (YA sci-fi)
Champagne Death Wishes (murder mystery)
I love titles. A title is what catches my eye when I'm browsing for books. Some of my favorites: Eating the Cheshire Cat, The Pleasure of My Company, The Disapparation of James, The Cheese Monkeys.
--Sarah
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