tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post4743108703707072906..comments2024-03-28T02:36:55.037-04:00Comments on Brooklyn Arden: Help Us Name A Book!Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-70343547979975723052006-11-03T18:10:00.000-05:002006-11-03T18:10:00.000-05:00The new title is now announced. What do you think...The new title is now announced. What do you think of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-26999867645934286442006-11-01T22:32:00.000-05:002006-11-01T22:32:00.000-05:00Hello Kristy,
I'm just curious. What do you mean ...Hello Kristy,<br />I'm just curious. What do you mean by the mother off all hamsters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-14011140621146008052006-10-29T14:42:00.000-05:002006-10-29T14:42:00.000-05:00another-
Willed to Weaveanother-<br /><br /> Willed to Weavetheartgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800996041772193278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-39820452781049763292006-10-28T19:38:00.000-04:002006-10-28T19:38:00.000-04:00OOOOOPS!! Here's one more.
Born to be TakenOOOOOPS!! Here's one more.<br /><br />Born to be TakenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-4490551252459832902006-10-28T19:22:00.000-04:002006-10-28T19:22:00.000-04:00Here are some more ideas.
Outwitted
Outspun
Wit...Here are some more ideas. <br /><br />Outwitted<br />Outspun<br />Within a Thread<br />Looming Greed<br />A Name to Know<br />By Chance<br />An Unthinkable Name<br />To Be Cursed<br />Guess Who?<br />Toiler’s Curse<br />A Thread Beyond<br />Stirwater’s Wish<br />Cursed Through the Mill<br />The Last Straw<br /><br />***A Whospundit Whodunit!***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-70744661200073744572006-10-28T18:09:00.000-04:002006-10-28T18:09:00.000-04:00Two more:
TO REAP AND SEW
GRIST AND GOLDTwo more:<br /><br />TO REAP AND SEW<br />GRIST AND GOLDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-69477725405424358922006-10-28T17:13:00.000-04:002006-10-28T17:13:00.000-04:00The book sounds amazing! Can't wait to read it...
...The book sounds amazing! Can't wait to read it...<br /><br />Here are my thoughts:<br /><br />NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY (from this Robert Frost poem: http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Nothing_GoldCan.htm)<br /><br />LIKE GOLD TO AIRY THINNESS (from John Donne's Valediction Forbiding Mourning)<br /><br />Something from Wm. Butler Yeats' poem, His Bargain (http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1507/)<br />For example:<br />WHAT SET IT WHIRLING<br />BEFORE THE THREAD BEGAN<br />WHEN THE LAST THREAD HAS RUN<br />A BARGAIN WITH THE WINDINGS<br />I MADE AND MAY NOT BREAK IT<br /><br />THE PRICE OF GOLD<br /><br />X-posted to Elizabeth's journal...<br /><br />Adding another-<br /><br />TURNING GOLD(EN)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-67336417934233038932006-10-27T20:38:00.000-04:002006-10-27T20:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the plug, Cheryl!
I just thought of VE...Thanks for the plug, Cheryl!<br /><br />I just thought of VET SHORTY, too, though it's probably stretching too far for a joke, and it uses perhaps the least popular meaning of the word "vet", and it can't be any more appropriate than any of my other ideas. But I'm pretty much just making these up for myself now, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-17800132998524824122006-10-27T18:43:00.000-04:002006-10-27T18:43:00.000-04:00I *love* THANKS A LOT, DAD., and NO BABIES FOR SHO...I *love* THANKS A LOT, DAD., and NO BABIES FOR SHORTY . . . not for this book, maybe, but they made me laugh hard.<br /><br />(I love your book, too, Adam! FRANKENSTEIN MAKES A SANDWICH, everyone: You'll eat it up!) <br /><br />Anonymous, you're seeing the end of a two-month discussion here -- Elizabeth *has* gone through a long process of thinking about the title by herself and talking it through with me, and the final decision is ultimately hers. (This was a contest only so much as someone was useful to her thinking.) But often other people's ideas can be good spurs to that creative thinking, and she and I appreciate everyone's input. <br /><br />Finally, a correction to my post, as gently pointed out by Emily Pike: Elizabeth's brother is Scott Coon, not Scott Bunce. Brooklyn Arden regrets the error.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972029478350879112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-31637938483016307652006-10-27T17:08:00.000-04:002006-10-27T17:08:00.000-04:00Some more ideas:
Bobbins and Buillions
The Lad...Some more ideas:<br /><br /> Bobbins and Buillions<br /><br /> The Lady of the Haunted Mill<br /><br /> Treadles and Treasures<br /><br /> The 24 Karat Curse<br /><br /> Curses and Karats<br /><br />colltheartgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800996041772193278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-20707650723536326622006-10-27T15:52:00.000-04:002006-10-27T15:52:00.000-04:00Not knowing any more about the story, I keep think...Not knowing any more about the story, I keep thinking something enigmatic like THE MAN WITH NO NAME or FIRST BORN is the way to go.<br />Some other ideas:<br />THE GOLDEN MEANIE<br />NO BABIES FOR SHORTY<br />THANKS A LOT, DAD.<br />THE KING THE MILLER HIS DAUGHTER & HER BABYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-46054430879621654552006-10-27T10:16:00.000-04:002006-10-27T10:16:00.000-04:00I too am not sure if this went through at the othe...I too am not sure if this went through at the other blog, and maybe it's too Lois Lowry anyway, but -<br /><br />SPINNING GOSSAMERUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993050718406573987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-16591072785359826792006-10-27T09:07:00.000-04:002006-10-27T09:07:00.000-04:00Call me old-fashioned, but I think there should be...Call me old-fashioned, but I think there should be enough time and creative room allowed in the publication process so that Elizabeth can think up her own title. Who would want his/her novel published under a title produced by a stranger in a contest? Not moi. Elizabeth is working with her editor, as she knows she should, but I would think that throwing this problem out to the public, so to speak, must be a bit embarrassing for her.<br /><br />A better approach to this problem, I think, would be simply to pose a few questions to a group of people to elicit helpful info., such as fuse#8 has given. Then let the author's own creative juices run with it. She's written a novel you like; she can, and should, come up with the title that works best for her own creation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-27260534464510160072006-10-26T19:23:00.000-04:002006-10-26T19:23:00.000-04:00I actually grew up learning how to spin wool into ...I actually grew up learning how to spin wool into yarn on a spinning wheel. If you're looking for a bit of authenticity you might want to have a title like "Bobbin's End" or "Gossip Wheel". A gossip wheel is a kind of spinning wheel. <br /><br />Spindles were only used when the spinner was spinning linen, so they wouldn't have been used in the Rumplestiltskin story. Paul Zelinsky's version of the tale is the most authentic for this reason. Before bobbins, spinning wheels were also called "Walking Wheels", because a person would cover several miles walking back and forth to create the yarn.<br /><br />Just my nerdy two cents.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-10886093485245094972006-10-26T16:33:00.000-04:002006-10-26T16:33:00.000-04:00I love CURSE SPINNER, but no "the" in front of it....I love CURSE SPINNER, but no "the" in front of it. I like the first syllable getting the accent<br /><br />(Mine didn't post on her blog either)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-16629734348345786332006-10-26T16:28:00.000-04:002006-10-26T16:28:00.000-04:00Pricked by the Spindle's Curse
I'm not sure if my...Pricked by the Spindle's Curse<br /><br />I'm not sure if my message went through at the other blog.<br /><br /><br /><br />Colltheartgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800996041772193278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-86946659409780806272006-10-26T12:11:00.000-04:002006-10-26T12:11:00.000-04:00Hmmm ... sounds more challenging than GHOST DOG IN...Hmmm ... sounds more challenging than GHOST DOG IN THE WHITE HOUSE -- no romance in that plot.<br /><br />How ironic for a Rumpelstiltskin novel that you're in search of a name...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4074861.post-46972277566979577402006-10-26T10:31:00.000-04:002006-10-26T10:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for pointing us to Elizabeth's journal. I...Thanks for pointing us to Elizabeth's journal. I enjoyed reading about her/your title ideas and thinking about all the elements necessary to make a successful title.<br /><br />I have to find a new title for a novel-in-progress, because my *perfect* title has recently been taken. Boo. Hoo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com