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

[greykev.livejournal.com]

If I didn't know you, and hadn't read the first book I'd probably pass Sampo by. Sampo; the magic mill would at least get me to read the back cover, and soemthing like Forging a Magic Mill would be intrigueing to me even if the cover copy sucked.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Well, but it's no longer really a mill, nor forged, nor are those very good metaphors for what's going on, so I'm going to have to go with something else if not Sampo.