Forum: Writers


Subject: Naming Your Baby: How to Choose a Selling Title

dialyn opened this issue on Mar 09, 2005 ยท 7 posts


dialyn posted Wed, 09 March 2005 at 2:27 PM

Attached Link: http://www.writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/002477_03092005.html

Naming Your Baby: How to Choose a Selling Title by Carolyn Campbell Your book title is very important. It encapsulates the essence of your book in just a few words. Like choosing a name for your child, selecting a title for your book is a critical decision. Just as your child is known by his name for a lifetime, your book will be known by its title for its entire publishing history. Even before you sell your book, its future title can help attract the interest of a literary agent or publisher when you include it in query letters. It will also appear on the first page of your book proposal. It's never too soon to start creating a possible title for your book... Presented to you by Writers Weekly (and you may just want to look around the site while you're there...lots of good information.)