Quick Fire Questions (A Place to Ask and Answer)

[Warren_Paul]

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. In hindsight, sciencsy probably wasn't the right word, since it's a fantasy novel, not sci-fi. I just meant a more technical name.


I've decided to call the first one A Touch of Ice - Awakening and the second one A Touch of Ice - Revival

[Ökuþórr]

A Touch of Ice - Primus.
A Touch of Ice - Secundus.

EDIT: Too late.

[Gumboot]

Originally Posted by Warren_Paul

Thanks everyone, more good ideas.

I especially like Alchemist's suggestion. Might be interesting, although not necessarily those particular words, since part two would be even more freezing than part one

But gives me some ideas, I'll have to think about it for a bit.

Good news though, that by deciding to cut the book in two, it means I'm just about done with the first book - only technicalities and some improvements to the first half to go - and I'll already have the second half mostly done by the time I start submitting the first book. I'm liking this idea of marketing it as YA.

Great news!

I made a similar call (changing a series from 3 volumes of 3 sections each (9 sections total) to 4 volumes of 2 sections each (8 sections total)) recently and it's an awesome feeling to realise it means you're ahead in a weird way (for example I was only half way through the second volume, now both the first and second volume are complete!).

On the down side, I have to come up with a name for volume 3 (the old volume 3 name goes to volume 4) and I am stumped!

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by Gumboot

Great news!

I made a similar call (changing a series from 3 volumes of 3 sections each (9 sections total) to 4 volumes of 2 sections each (8 sections total)) recently and it's an awesome feeling to realise it means you're ahead in a weird way (for example I was only half way through the second volume, now both the first and second volume are complete!).

On the down side, I have to come up with a name for volume 3 (the old volume 3 name goes to volume 4) and I am stumped!

Yes, those cursed names... always the hardest thing to think up. That's why I'm cheating

At least tentatively. I'm also thinking about calling book one: A Breath of Frost, and book two can have the A Touch of Ice name.

[Gumboot]

Originally Posted by Warren_Paul

Yes, those cursed names... always the hardest thing to think up. That's why I'm cheating

At least tentatively. I'm also thinking about calling book one: A Breath of Frost, and book two can have the A Touch of Ice name.

I quite like that. I like my titles to evoke the mood of the book, but also to reflect the primary philosophical idea I'm exploring. For example the second volume is "Ripples In The Pond", which relates to ideas about chaos theory which I explore in that volume. The idea of ripples on a pond also evokes the idea of the the initial drops of rain on a body of water, as the first edges of a storm approaches.

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by Gumboot

I quite like that. I like my titles to evoke the mood of the book, but also to reflect the primary philosophical idea I'm exploring. For example the second volume is "Ripples In The Pond", which relates to ideas about chaos theory which I explore in that volume. The idea of ripples on a pond also evokes the idea of the the initial drops of rain on a body of water, as the first edges of a storm approaches.

Sounds good.

A Touch of Ice is directly related to the central figure of the story for the first two books, a character that can manipulate water and ice.

[HareBrain]

Originally Posted by Warren_Paul

I've decided to call the first one A Touch of Ice - Awakening and the second one A Touch of Ice - Revival

I think awakening and revival are too close in meaning. It would have more impact if the two names were opposites, or suggested some story by themselves (as "rise" and "fall" do, for example).

[Warren_Paul]

Originally Posted by HareBrain

I think awakening and revival are too close in meaning. It would have more impact if the two names were opposites, or suggested some story by themselves (as "rise" and "fall" do, for example).

Good point. There was a meaning behind the words as to why I picked them but might have to think more on that then.

[David Evil Overlord]

The Rise and Fall of the Empire of Ice?

[Ursa major]

Re rise and fall: if the first volume was somehow concerned with corporal punishment, and the protagonist's name was not yet fixed, you could have: A Touch of Ice - Whacks and A Touch of Ice - Wayne.








I'll get my coat.

[David Evil Overlord]

Speaking of coats, my super hero is trying to take off her super suit. Her fingers are fumbling for the...what is a good word for the fastenings of a super suit?

Buttons don't sound right. Zipper I'm not too keen on either.

Ideas?

[Warren_Paul]

buckles?

that's more for belt though

EDIT:

straps, studs, hooks


maybe it's held together with Velcro?

[HareBrain]

What kind of fastenings are they? Poppers? Toggles? Velcro? Laces? Hooks and eyes? Never having owned a super suit, I have no idea.

[David Evil Overlord]

That's my problem. I have never owned a super suit, either.

I'm thinking they can't be at the front, since all super heroes have some sort of trademarked symbol on the front of their costumes, and you just can't have a zipper running through the middle of that!

Perhaps if the fastening is at the back, that's why heroes need sidekicks.

Hmmm. Of course, at this point in the story, parts of her super suit are a half-melted mess. If that includes the fastenings, then maybe I can fudge it by saying she can't undo a melted mess, and never actually name the offending fastenings.

[Ursa major]

Surely no fastening (beyond an elasticated waistband) is required for the underpants(sic), while the spandex long johns beneath just need a bit of Velcro**.








** - The superhero's symbol can be used as a handy grab-hold and point of alignment.