(As I am hugely busy and have nothing of importance to write. I am still editing my novel -when I have time, and am contemplating NaNoWrimo.)
From NPR's article: "How to Name Your First Novel"
If Your First Novel Will Be A Busted Romance
[ANY OF THE SEVEN DWARFS]: A Love Story
If Your First Novel Will Be A Harrowing Historical Account
The [A COLOR] [REPEAT THAT COLOR] [A FLOWER]s Of [A CITY IN EUROPE]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Withering Teenage Quasi-Memoir
How I Flunked [YOUR WORST ACADEMIC SUBJECT] But Passed [THE FIRST MUSICIAN YOU SAW IN CONCERT]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Workplace Satire
At Least They Left Us The [A PIECE OF OFFICE MACHINERY]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Woman's Story From Someone Else's Point Of View
[A CHILD-CARE-RELATED TRANSITIVE VERB]ing [THE NAME OF YOUR PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Quirky Man's Story From His Own Point Of View
[THE FIRST NAME OF YOUR MATERNAL GRANDFATHER]Reads The Works Of [CLASSIC AUTHOR]
If Your First Novel Will Be A Miserable Story Of One Person's Suffering
My [A FRAGILE OBJECT] Is [A WORD THAT MEANS "BROKEN"]
If Your First Novel Will Be Self-Consciously Ironic And Self-Congratulatory
[A COMIC-BOOK SOUND EFFECT WORD] Goes [A NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN]
If Your First Novel Takes Place In Gorgeous Locations
The [ANY COUNTRY] [ANY COMMON SOCIAL EVENT]Chronicles
If Your First Novel Is Intended To Launch A Giant Moneymaking Franchise
Everything Starts With ["1" OR "A"]
Mine:
1. Blue Blue Frankfurt
2. How I Flunked Maths But Passed Reba McEntire
3. At Least They Left Us The Teletype
4. Potty Training Betty
5. Spencer Graham Reads the Works of Jane Austen
6. My Vase is Craked
7. Blamo! Goes Queens
8. The Switzerland Tea Party Chronicles
9. Everything Starts With “1”
Fun stuff! Credit me if you use any of my titles :p
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