wobbling...
Feb. 17th, 2010 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erastesFeeling a Little better today. I ate some decidedly dodgy sausages the day before yesterday and my body did not like that at ALL. Yesterday was spent in bed. or ... mostly in bed if you get my drift. Trouble is, I feel DELICATE today and I need to go and get some shopping. Bah. Bath first though.
Just noticed yesterday that someone has written a gay romance called..... BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S....yes, really. I'm gobsmacked over this. A few weeks ago I did a post on Jessewave's Blog about authors accidentally having the same title - it's easy to do if you don't check carefully - I have a book "Chiaroscuro" which is the same title as another m/m book - and I'm sure there are other books called that - but I'd never call a book the same name as something as famous as BAT. The GALL!
I think Herendeen's book Pride/Prejudice is skating as close to the line as can possibly be, but it does (if one's heard of slash) explain what the book is about (as Gehayi pointed out to me yesterday, if you didn't know what the / meant it will just baffle people) - but good lord - let's not start a trend for naming our books after other HUGELY famous books.
I won't be writing today, that's for sure. Or editing. Sorry Chris Smith.
And I hope this gives some authors pause. Yes - agents and publishers DO GOOGLE YOU. I've been saying it for years.
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Just noticed yesterday that someone has written a gay romance called..... BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S....yes, really. I'm gobsmacked over this. A few weeks ago I did a post on Jessewave's Blog about authors accidentally having the same title - it's easy to do if you don't check carefully - I have a book "Chiaroscuro" which is the same title as another m/m book - and I'm sure there are other books called that - but I'd never call a book the same name as something as famous as BAT. The GALL!
I think Herendeen's book Pride/Prejudice is skating as close to the line as can possibly be, but it does (if one's heard of slash) explain what the book is about (as Gehayi pointed out to me yesterday, if you didn't know what the / meant it will just baffle people) - but good lord - let's not start a trend for naming our books after other HUGELY famous books.
I won't be writing today, that's for sure. Or editing. Sorry Chris Smith.
And I hope this gives some authors pause. Yes - agents and publishers DO GOOGLE YOU. I've been saying it for years.
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