I know I am not alone in my love of words and particularly playing with double meanings. It is one of my struggles (more in blog posts than book titles) to try to add double meaning, while piquing interest and not being so obscure that 90% of people have no idea what you are talking about! Great thoughts, Nola, thanks.
That's a good point, Ruth. I was chatting about this to my husband yesterday and he commented that a title with double meaning could backfire if you're relying on the readers knowing what you're alluding to (e.g. if you're twisting a phrase they haven't heard of). It's a fine balance to find something that will work for most readers. I'll say a bit more about that in next week's post when I look at caveats when choosing titles. Thanks for your comment.
I know I am not alone in my love of words and particularly playing with double meanings. It is one of my struggles (more in blog posts than book titles) to try to add double meaning, while piquing interest and not being so obscure that 90% of people have no idea what you are talking about! Great thoughts, Nola, thanks.
That's a good point, Ruth. I was chatting about this to my husband yesterday and he commented that a title with double meaning could backfire if you're relying on the readers knowing what you're alluding to (e.g. if you're twisting a phrase they haven't heard of). It's a fine balance to find something that will work for most readers. I'll say a bit more about that in next week's post when I look at caveats when choosing titles. Thanks for your comment.