Okay, so it's not 'Lady Rees of Cardiff' but I think it's even better news as I've spent months worrying about it BUT I finally have a title for my book!
I have spent so long trying to think of something that sums up the book and so finally deciding on a name has been a huge relief. As I mentioned in my previous post I'm completely useless when it comes to opening/closing sentences and titles so it's a small miracle that it hasn't taken me another five months just to think of a name. I think my biggest concern over the title was that I'm hoping for the book to be the first in a series and so I feel there is more weight placed upon the title of the first book as it sets the tone for the rest of the series. As well as this a book series is often named after the first book and, if by some amazing piece of luck, my books are successful then I don't want to be wincing every time someone mentions the 'X Series'. So what is this [incredible] title I hear you cry! Well, I can officially announce (I'm trying to sound more important than I am, you may have noticed) that Ellie Rees' debut novel will be called 'Enkindled'. "That's amazing! How on God's green earth did you come up with that?!" Thank you, dear reader, that is most kind of you and in answer to your question, I had to put pressure on myself. During the course of my writing I've kept telling myself that I can think of a title at the end but now that I'm in a position whereby the book is very nearly where I want it to be I can't really move forward with it until I have title. Therefore, I made myself sit down and think about a title. I thought all about the useless ones I had come up with thus far and told myself never to think about them again, there's no way I could ever make them work. I then thought about my story as a whole, rather than focusing on just one aspect of the plot which I had been doing until that point. Surprisingly, forcing myself to come up with a title actually worked and I almost slapped myself for not thinking of it before, especially because it's one of my favourite words that I use in the book. As it turns out, 'Enkindled' could not be more perfect for me nor for the story I'm trying to tell.
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