Fussing over titles

[mrissa]

I was talking to Michelle about my books, and she brought up an association that has worried me before. timprov suggested that AKICILJ was a good principle to use, but it seems to me that it's opinion more than knowledge. So here we go, and please feel free to elaborate in comments:

[Poll #423689]

Note: please do not get abusive about titles. I have an acquaintance who said things to me (about a different title) like, "Did you pick that title because you want people to ignore your book?" Behavior like that is one reason this person counts as an acquaintance and not as a friend right now. If you think Sampo is a horrible title and you'd never read a book of that name, there are far better ways to express that sentiment.

Comments

[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Although I'll shamefully admit that I only know what a Sampo is because I watched Mystery Science 3000 rip apart a movie that had a Sampo, and I wanted to go look up Sampo to find out the real deal on it.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Hey! That's not shameful! That was a great episode.

[athenais.livejournal.com]

But good horrid! It cracked me up every time I saw it. And the commentary was soooo good.