Today my guest is the awesome CHRYS FEY, with advice on choosing a title and her latest book SEISMIC CRIMES. This is her fifth book with The Wild Rose Press, and she also finds time to blog about writing (she gives wonderful, spot-on advice!), act as administrator to the Insecure Writers Group, as well as participate in the annual A-to-Z blogging challenge.
When Fey was six years old, she realized she wanted to be a
writer by watching her mother pursue publication. At the age of twelve, she
started writing her first novel, which flourished into a series she later
rewrote at seventeen.
Fey lives in Florida and is always on the lookout for
hurricanes. She has four adopted cats who keep her entertained with their
antics, and three nephews who keep her entertained with their antics. You can
connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and through her blog, Write with Fey.
She loves to get to know her readers!
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I'm thrilled to welcome her here with her writing advice for today's Friday Feature.
Welcome, Chrys!
Coming up with a title can be tricky.
Sometimes we come up with a great title right away. Other times, we’re half-way
through our first draft when a title comes, or even after we’ve edited our
manuscript several times. Occasionally, our titles change during the writing
process if we come up with something better.
3 Tips to
Name a Book:
1. What’s the
tone/mood/theme?
My published books are dark and
suspenseful. Death and crimes are common. Immediately when you read Seismic
Crimes you know what kind of ride you’re in for.
2. Think about the main
character.
For a paranormal story, it’s clever to
add the type of supernatural being that your MC is to the title. Or to at least
hint at it. For example: Despite the Fangs by Dylan Newton is about a woman who
is the Alpha of a werewolf pack.
3. What happens in the story?
(What’s the plot/purpose?)
In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins,
Katniss Everdeen has to fight in a deadly competition called the Hunger Games.
What happens in your story? What does your character have to do? Consider your
answers and see if a title pops out at you.
When I decided to write a sequel to
Hurricane Crimes, I knew I wanted to link each title in the series with a
disaster and the word “crimes”. With an earthquake as the disaster, I compiled
a list of possible titles:
Earthquake
Crimes
Quaking
Crimes
Richter
Crimes
Fault
Line Crimes
San
Andres Crimes
But one edged them out: SEISMIC CRIMES
Seismic describes earthquake activity
but it also works as an adjective. When I think seismic, I envision monstrous
chaos.
QUESTION: Do
you think I chose the best title?
Title: Seismic Crimes
Author: Chrys Fey
Series: Disaster Crimes
Series (Book Two)
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Format: Digital and Print
Page
Count: 282
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About the Book:
An Internal Affairs Investigator was murdered and his brother, Donovan Goldwyn, was framed. Now Donovan is desperate to prove his innocence. And the one person who can do that is the woman who saved him from a deadly hurricane—Beth Kennedy. From the moment their fates intertwined, passion consumed him. He wants her in his arms. More, he wants her by his side in his darkest moments.Beth Kennedy may not know everything about Donovan, but she can’t deny what she feels for him. It’s her love for him that pushes her to do whatever she has to do to help him get justice, including putting herself in a criminal’s crosshairs.When a tip reveals the killer's location, they travel to California, but then an earthquake of catastrophic proportions separates them. As aftershocks roll the land, Beth and Donovan have to endure dangerous conditions while trying to find their way back to one another. Will they reunite and find the killer, or will they lose everything?
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