tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post115638411410517025..comments2024-03-27T22:25:42.129-05:00Comments on Reading the Past: Historical novel title changes...Sarah Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156458856181091212006-08-24T17:34:00.000-05:002006-08-24T17:34:00.000-05:00This isn't a terribly scientific study, I admit, b...This isn't a terribly scientific study, I admit, but most of the historical novels in Publishers Marketplace's deals database were listed under their published titles. Doesn't mean that the agent didn't change them before they sold. I'm sure that happens often, too.<BR/><BR/>The majority of the titles I listed, too, were from first novelists.Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156456263499473522006-08-24T16:51:00.000-05:002006-08-24T16:51:00.000-05:00I gather this isn't unusual at all. As writers we'...I gather this isn't unusual at all. As writers we're told never to get too attached to the titles we give our mss as publishers are likely to change them after buying the books :-)Tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636189059910920978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156452918608508322006-08-24T15:55:00.000-05:002006-08-24T15:55:00.000-05:00I like the new ones better in all cases except the...I like the new ones better in all cases except the one you noted--<I>Two Falling Voices</I> sounds much better--and <I>The Mistress and the Dwarf</I>. That one is much more intriguing than <I>The Fourth Queen</I>.Susan Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10730673696950405605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156431036570738572006-08-24T09:50:00.000-05:002006-08-24T09:50:00.000-05:00I just realized I screwed up on the final title of...I just realized I screwed up on the final title of the Nattel book, and amended it in my original post. It's <I>The Singing Fire</I>, rather than <I>The River Midnight</I> (which was an earlier novel of hers; I read the PM blurb too quickly).Sarah Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340312953393474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156427808968505602006-08-24T08:56:00.000-05:002006-08-24T08:56:00.000-05:00I'm with you ladies on The White--it's one of thos...I'm with you ladies on <I>The White</I>--it's one of those titles that makes me ask, "The white <I>what</I>?" Think I also prefer <I>Threshold</I> to <I>The Book of Splendor</I>, just because the latter title sounds similar to so many others.Susan Higginbothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517907583894026599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19307003.post-1156420864217746912006-08-24T07:01:00.000-05:002006-08-24T07:01:00.000-05:00I mostly prefer the newer titles, though I agree w...I mostly prefer the newer titles, though I agree with you about <I>Two Falling Voices</I> - <I>The White</I> sounds very generic. I do prefer <I>The Theatre of Consolation</I>, though, because <I>The River Midnight</I> says nothing to me.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.com