Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Y'lutem'lo: New Title?

I know the working title of my book is not very good. It's barely pronounceable and not very memorable. When I first started worldbuilding for this book, one of the first things I chose was the title--like almost all of the characters, I randomly picked a couple letters from the Naming Text alphabet, and I ended up with Y'lutem'lo. Later, I attached the name to a character from the world's history who was like their George Washington, more or less. The name also became attached to a dead character from more recent past. In Part 3, Y'lutem'lo becomes more plot relevant, but no one with that name will ever be "on-screen." The name is important and is highlighted as such by being the title.

But if this book ever got farther than myself, it would definitely be a deterrent for the least pronounceable name in the book to be its the title, so I've been thinking about ways I can change it. I'd like to keep Y'lutem'lo in there somewhere, but it will probably be a part of a subtitle or something. Here's what ideas I've gotten thus far:

Childish War: Reflecting Y'lutem'lo
Inheriting Y'lutem'lo's Legacy: Seven Hundred Years Later
Y'lutem'lo's Descendants: The Ingenuity of Fools
The Legend of Y'lutem'lo: Fractures of the Great Mirror
The Unready Followers of Y'lutem'lo's Destiny
Hiatus Quest: The Y'lutem'lo Tradition
Councils of Y'lutem'lo: Children at War
Y'lutem'lo: Necessary Insanity
The Next Y'lutem'lo: Underestimation Invoked

So the above or some combination thereof may be what I rename my book. However, since Y'lutem'lo isn't going away anytime soon, I'll keep using that as the title--informally at least--for now.

1 comment:

  1. So, sorry i haven't reviewed your drafts yet...i haven't had that much extra time lately.
    Anyways, just reading all of those titles you posted, I like "The Legend of Y'lutem'lo: Fractures of the Great Mirror". It sounds the best out of you selection to me. My two cents...

    ReplyDelete