Comments on: Title Trouble http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/ Official web site of the author of "Defending Jacob" Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William Landay http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/#comment-87 William Landay Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:19:33 +0000 http://williamlanday.com/blog/?p=1893#comment-87 Hi Eben. The biblical name seems like an obvious angle, doesn't it? But I can't seem to make it work. FWIW I was in a bar last night (not an everyday occurrence, I assure you) and the people around us overheard the conversation I was having with a writer friend about this. Before I knew it, I had an inebriated focus group going. Their choice was "Line of Descent," and by a very wide margin. They thought it was intriguing and liked the double entendre. They disliked "Cold Spring Park" as too dull and thought it said nothing about the story. Hey, you take your advice wherever you can get it. Thanks for chipping in. Hi Eben. The biblical name seems like an obvious angle, doesn’t it? But I can’t seem to make it work.

FWIW I was in a bar last night (not an everyday occurrence, I assure you) and the people around us overheard the conversation I was having with a writer friend about this. Before I knew it, I had an inebriated focus group going. Their choice was “Line of Descent,” and by a very wide margin. They thought it was intriguing and liked the double entendre. They disliked “Cold Spring Park” as too dull and thought it said nothing about the story. Hey, you take your advice wherever you can get it.

Thanks for chipping in.

]]> By: Eben Hollingsworth http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/#comment-86 Eben Hollingsworth Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:33:06 +0000 http://williamlanday.com/blog/?p=1893#comment-86 How about "Descending Jacob's Ladder," evoking the biblical nature of the name as well as the descent from the generations? How about “Descending Jacob’s Ladder,” evoking the biblical nature of the name as well as the descent from the generations?

]]> By: Doug Cornelius http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/#comment-85 Doug Cornelius Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:01:45 +0000 http://williamlanday.com/blog/?p=1893#comment-85 Just to add my two cents, I like Cold Spring Park as a book title. Just to add my two cents, I like Cold Spring Park as a book title.

]]> By: William Landay http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/#comment-84 William Landay Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:43:13 +0000 http://williamlanday.com/blog/?p=1893#comment-84 Yup. And I fully expect to be exiled from Newton when the book comes out. But no dogs will be harmed (or even walked) in the making of this novel. Yup. And I fully expect to be exiled from Newton when the book comes out. But no dogs will be harmed (or even walked) in the making of this novel.

]]> By: Doug Cornelius http://www.williamlanday.com/2009/11/25/title-trouble/#comment-83 Doug Cornelius Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:24:39 +0000 http://williamlanday.com/blog/?p=1893#comment-83 What?? You're staging a murder in Cold Spring Park?!?! Is this part of the dog walking controversy? What?? You’re staging a murder in Cold Spring Park?!?!

Is this part of the dog walking controversy?

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