As we all look forward to the friendly family feasting (or even fistfighting) to come, I'm reams behind in NaNo progress. So, here's a diverting and pithy look at that place in a book where the fewest words can create the most trouble: the title.
Would Joseph Heller's book have read the same as Catch-18? Read how his plans were foiled by fate, and other interesting tales from Gary Dexter who has the the stories behind the titles. Bonus shocker: the utterly prosaic original title of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
In cases of less-celebrated books, is it the titles that doomed them, or simply that the same judgment used in selecting the title is evident throughout the whole? I present for your condiseration the tragically unappetizing choice in the image above, today declared a winner among losers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Phil Kloer has more entries.
Good eating, everyone!
P.S. I'm thankful for all of you.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Name Game Wednesday: Gobble, Gobble Edition
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3 comments:
Great blog, Clare. Your links were much more fun than the two things I have to do today:
1. writing for NaNo.
2. peeling a ton of veggies.
Got any more time wasters, ah, I mean, links? ;)
Happy Thanksgiving! (and did you see Tama's Pumpkin Soup recipe as a comment to her blog? Looks delish!)
Terrie
No, she hadn't posted it yet. I'll check it out. I'll have you know I posted that in the middle of my first 1000-word break of the day. Now, I've earned a shower-yay!
Today, I'll keep trying to grind out the 1000's and break in-between to bake pie and run back to the store for the turkey I wanted. I feel bad for my meat counter guy. He's got 10 boxes of birds lost in transit somewhere and a parking lot so full there were already 2 accidents. Yeesh.
clare2e, the Bag Lady enjoyed this post immensely. Almost fell off my chair laughing at the Cooking with Pooh - made my day!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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