Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

[rflong]

Things you don't expect. Not a problem, not something that bothers me becuase I've said before I don't have a problem changing things in order to make them better, and I don't have a problem with listening to people who know how to make things better.

So when my editor asked for a title change on The Penitent it shouldn't really have taken me three days to come to terms with it, should it?

Of course, first we had to work out what that new title should be, and how it would effect the blurb (which also had to be simplified) and also the series title.

This took rather more time than expected. I think part of the problem is that when you have worked on a book, or even read a book in a detailed way, you start to have problems seeing it from the outside. Case in point: the previous blurb which my editor and I agreed upon was found to be too complex so had to be re-written.

So anyway, having struggled our way through this, we have finally reached a conclusion. So without further ado I present, instead of The Penitent: a Tale of the Holtlands....

The Scroll Thief: a Tale of Ithian.

Now I just have to edit the thing.

Comments

[debbiemumford.livejournal.com]

Ain't flexibility wonderful?

[rflong.livejournal.com]

It's gotta be! :D

[gabriel-writes.livejournal.com]

I like the second title better as it is more descriptive, whereas the Penitent is kinda general...

[rflong.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think so myself now. It just took a while to get my head around it. Funny thing is I changed the name of one of the main characters without so much as a blink of an eye. Ah well.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you. Sometimes it's hard to make changes to something when you've been close to it for so long. And when something makes complete sense to you, it can be hard to get your head around why it would be complicated for someone else.

Good on you for making the changes!

Ava

[rflong.livejournal.com]

I like it now. I'm so weird sometimes.

[namelessarchon.livejournal.com]

I think the second title is wonderful, truly.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. I was worried it was too like "The Book Thief" at first. Once we added the subtitle is clicked together and I'm very happy now.