Welcome to the Big Reveal
 
I enjoy reading author interviews, but often times they don’t ask the kinds of questions I wonder about. So I’ve assembled a group of writers at all levels, from un-agented to published, and every week I will have a new question for them.

I’d like to welcome a new set of writers.
Thank you ladies and gentleman for being a part of The Big Reveal.

 
First… Tell us a little about what you’re working on.
Then… Do titles come easy?
 
 
Eileen Cook, Published Author
I am currently working on a YA novel. I’m calling it Remember Me at the moment, but I’m pretty sure this will change. I need something as a placeholder until the book is completed then the title comes more easily.

Kelley Lynn, Pre-published Author
FRACTION OF STONE is coming out March 21st. This title came very easily. So did the whole theme for the next books in the series. The story on submission through my agent, ALREADY THERE, took a little bit of time but Jenny Morris and I had it before we finished the story. The hardest one to come up with a title with was THE PRINCESS AND THE THIEF with Jessica Salyer. We had finished the book and it still didn’t have a title we liked. Even this title I had to twist Jess’s arm to like Kidding, kidding!

 
Chloe Banks, Agented Author
My current title is The Art of Letting Go, which I’m pleased with as it fits perfectly. The book is contemporary commercial fiction, and I came up with it while I was mourning the loss of the working title for this novel – Thousand-Word Things – which I loved. My agent said the title needed a more commercial feel so I brainstormed and came up with this one pretty much right away. Luckily, he loves it too! I often find titles quite hard, but I love it when I hit upon one that just fits.

Valerie Cole, Agented Author
Right now, my WIP is a contemporary YA called Project K, which is a temporary title. I’ve been on both ends of the title struggle. Sometimes they’re really easy and fit the manuscript perfectly. Other times not so much. I do like to give WIPs a code name (like Project K) just so I have something to call it until the title sifts to the surface.

Jay Bendt, Un-agented Author
The working title is Evermore. Titles don’t come easy, so I give it a working title mostly so that my stories don’t end up filed as “thing written 01/23/2013″ because then I’d never find them again! Once I know what exactly my story really is about, then I try to come up with a suitable title.

Lara Schiffbauer, Un-agented Author
The title I’m getting ready to release in March is Finding Meara and is an Urban Fantasy. No, title’s do not come easy. I’m super-pleased that Finding Meara ended up being the perfect title for the book. I often will ask my husband to help me get a decent title!

Mark Koopmans, Un-agented Author
Aloha Suzi, thanks for the invite to be a part of the Big Reveal and I hope I can only live up to my expectations (I have complete confidence in you, Mark.)

The title of the book I have finished writing is: REVIVAL: The Donald Braswell story. It is the memoir of a young operatic tenor on the cusp of greatness who lost his voice, but found his calling.
I’ve been blessed with the ability to easily “find” titles. It was my favorite part of being a beat reporter – back in the day.
 
Do titles come easy for you?