Over the last three weeks, I ran a
title mini-poll on the Fire Escape for my young adult novel coming from Random House in 2008. Forty-one people chose between three possibilities without knowing anything about the subject matter of the book, and here are the results:
| Answers | Votes | Percent | | 1. |
| Asha Means Hope | 20 | 49% | | 2. |
| The Secret Keeper | 16 | 39% | | 3. |
| Family Secrets | 5 | 12% |
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I've now eliminated
Family Secrets, with apologies to the five who liked it (maybe one of you should write that book.) I'm toying with the idea of a series, with a first novel titled
The Secret Keeper: Asha Means Hope, and the second one titled
The Secret Keeper: Shanti Means Peace or something like that. But we'll see what happens. Anyway, thanks for voting! I was surprised by how many of you liked
Asha Means Hope, and will pass that news on to my editor. There's still time, so feel free to opine if you're so moved ...
3 comments:
I'm sorry, but the secret keeper : asha means hope, as a title, wont work because they dont relate to each other.
i think asha means hope is the best title you've chosen :)
is that the name of the protagonist in the story?
Yes, she's the main character. You really don't think it works as an overarching series name and a single title in the series?
My first thought was that a Secret Keeper is an important element in the Harry Potter books. Potential readers might think your book refers to HP somehow.
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