| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
| The (bad) Erotic Novel Title Challenge |
I've been thinking of titles and will admit not all I've come up with are gems waiting to shine. There are several things that go into a book, not all of which are under an author's control. We get coverart, good or bad. We get distribution, placement, advertising help--all at the will of others. But there are things we do get a big say in.
Aside from writing the book and (for some of us) occasionally the blurb (that gets used), naming characters (hey I almost named a heroine Valora, which I still think is pretty but of which someone pointed out it sounded like and STD). The title is perhaps one of the most important decisions we have to make when it comes to marketing. A bad title can make or break a book.
Okay, so I'm bored and amusing myself by creating titles to what could be horrible erotic novel titles. The challenge? Come up with your own and post them here (since i have two blogs - blogger and myspace, i reserve the right to copy them over so everyone can see). And, if you're feeling really ambitious, make it a tag line too.
And what's a challenge without a prize? So, I will give away a PDF copy of winner's choice from any of my ebook backlist.
To start us off, my favorite romantic suspense title out of my list:
SHOOTING BLANKS |
posted by Michelle Pillow @ 10:06 AM   |
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Is That A Banana In Your Pocket?
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Hi Michelle. I'm not real good at making things up, but I thought I'd try.
What about: Hot and Horny
The Hand Job
Practice Sex
I told you I wasn't any good, lol
Crystal B.
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Hey Michelle!
Hmm lets see:
WET DREAMS
CREAMY DELIGHTS
THE BLOWN JEWELS *snort*
Ok, I'm stopping before I giggle to death. LOL
Chelle
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Mediocre Delights?
OH or...
Why Me?
When the "O" Stands for Over
King of the Little People
I think I'm spent for now, gonna be pondering this all day though. Sigh, there goes my work...LOL
Serena
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LOL... you asked...
Come with Me [for those that can spell]
Kum with Me [for those that can't]
BV
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Hey i love it when you get bored you come up with the kookiest ideas
heres my woeful list
whip crack'n Lip smack'n fun
i touch myself
when harry met sally - the transvestite
The erotic adventures of Golemn & Smeagol
Book 2 when Golemn finds out Smeagol is his alter ego
Love me love my herpies
im getting worse so i will try to think i up a few crackers for you
HUGS
Jess
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Baby Free (Single women with no kids)
Aim to Please
I Like the way you work it
Mona
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Free Willy
Size Does Matter
The Little "O"
Not Hard Enough
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Hammer me Baby
Twin Pleasures are Better
On Top of Mike's Peak
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There are some good ones!!!! My trys:
Learning to Please
I like Rough Games
Licking Honey
Strange Places
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Cum For Me
Wanna Fuck
Have Dick Will Travel
Cherry Picker
Baby Maker
Boney
Mustache Rides
Good Vibrator
Fuck Me
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I'm just copy-pasting this from MySpace, since all the responses seem to be here:
First, I want to say that I think "Valora" is a really pretty name.
Bad erotic romance titles. Hmmm...
DRIBBLE
HOMER AND GERTRUDE
HEAD CHEESE
SPLISH SPLOSH (Actually, maybe that's a great name for anybody into sploshing. If you don't know, "sploshing" is messy food sex, or certain other messy things used during sex.)
BAKING BREAD (about a guy hot for a chick with a yeast infection)
ORAL CORNEAL (Oculolinctus, or eyeball licking, is a real fetish, again if you don't know. I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, but I don't know if you've heard these terms, so I'm explaining, in case you, or anyone who reads this post, haven't.)
HORNY MANATEE (Ok, this one doesn't really count. It's a site, HornyManatee.com, owned by NBC because of an amusing situation on Conan O'Brien. The site has all kinds of sexy manatee pics! I just thought it would be fun to share.)
DROOL BABY
CUMCHUGGER
TINYTALLYWHACKER.COM: A TALE OF INTERNET LOVE
CLUSTER F*CK
UP THE POOP CHUTE, DOWN THE SNATCH
THE STD QUEEN
Oh, I could do this all day! :D
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Hi Michelle,
I think I suck at this but I will attempt to make a fool of myself! LOL!
Lick-A-Licious
Finger Licking Good
Spank Me Again
Trust Me, You'll Love It
Ugh, I really do suck at this.
A for Effort though Michelle.
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Comin' Through Them All
Doing It the Hard Way and Loving It
A Royal Bash
Forgotten in Hades
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Hee, this sounds like fun. Lessee...
Up and Coming
Come Again
Situation Normal: All Fucked
Fuck-Buddies
Cock-a-doodle-you
Okay, these are sounding like porn titles. Well, they probably are. I'd give you The Internet Is For Porn, but Avenue Q already did that. I have it as a ringtone...
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Cum One, Cum All
Free Furr All
Jillian's Jilted Jigalo (yes, I know it's spelled wrong....lol)
Johnson Cave Diving
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Relax: It only hurts the first time
(This made me laugh so much, I had to add one)
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In the spirit of "Weird Al" Yankovic:
Call of the Unwashed
Skeeze, the Hunter
Temptation of the Butterfingers
Flaming Him
Realm Immortal III: The Dowager Queen
Poppycock Rising
Eternal Halitosis
Caught (My Pantyhose)
Penultimate Mercenaries
Galaxy Playmates: Olivine
Phantom of the Tea Time
The Maiden, the Monster, and the Microwave
Spectral Dogs
The Flighty Hunter
And (just for fun):
Some Like it Tepid
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