Candy and I, we need your input. Please. Pretty please with man titty on top. Over the past two days we’ve been having the most zippy reply-all email conversation with Powerful People In Publishing about our title. Not our Smart Bitch Title™, our Book Title.
We have four options for our book title, and we can’t narrow it down. Our problem? We’re somewhat, ok, a LOT used to the phrase “Smart Bitches, Trashy Books” because we look at it every day. Some folks think that “Smart Bitches, Trashy Books” is the eye catching element we need as the primary title, and other folks think that it should be the subtitle.
So, we figured, we’ll ask you. You guys, judging from your l33t Help-a-Bitch-Out skillz, know just about damn near everything. So, would you give us your vote on our title? Which one do you think is eye-catching, or at least interesting enough that you’d be curious to find out more?
As a thank you, here’s a teaser for our cover art, which is phall-bulous. We’re still cracking up.
ETA: Thanks for your opinions! Here’s hoping we’ll get our choice from The Publishing Folks. The final results of the poll are available here.
I disagree. Long book titles can work out just fine especially for “guides” like this one or comedy books which are the exception to the long title rule.
An example would be: “My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face”
Plus I believe the term “Heaving Bosoms” absolutely NEEDS to be in the title.
I want to thank all of you for bringing this blog to life. You have made me laugh more times than I can count. I will be ordering this book for my store.
I can’t wait to see the cover and I hope it’s absolutely over the top and makes even the most ardent fans of romance go “WHA?!?”
My vote was for Beyond the Heaving Bosoms: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
Sounds better and looks a little more catchy, I think.