Title Fights May 25th, 2016 Who gets to name an author’s book?When I was readying my first novel for publication, it struck me that writers have far more control over what’s in their books than what’s on them—the cover art, blurbs, jacket copy, but especially the title, where…
What Kind of Name Is That? February 8th, 2016 How to name your fictional characters.To me the most embarrassing part of writing fiction, aside from telling people about it, is naming your characters. Of course, even “real” names are made up, but in life our names are things we can alter only…