Short Story Collection Titles Redux

You may recall the quandary in which I recently found myself--with a book title that my agent thought was not sufficiently memorable, at least not without a strong cover design. Of course, you generally don't get the benefit of cover design when you're shopping a book to publishers.

So, we may ultimately go with a different title for submission purposes and use the name of the first story in the collection along with "and other stories." Easy peasy.

The new title is lovely, if I do say so myself, with a very specific mood that it conjures. Can it effectively stand for the whole book? I don't know. If we sell the book, I figure the whole titling issue likely will be reopened at that point anyway. Perhaps the original idea will ultimately stick.

Comments

[Elizabeth Stark]

Seth--I am thrilled that your agent (!) is shopping your book--and the two-book deal idea is brilliant. Glad I can be kept posted here. :)

[Seth Fleisher]

Thanks, Elizabeth :)

[Bhaswati]

Congratulations, Seth! Do keep us posted on the developments on this.

[Seth Fleisher]

Thanks, Bhaswati. Will do. Hope all's well with you!