Man, titles are so freaking hard. I just spent the last two hours trying to think of a better title for Into the Nebulous Deep, my current work in progress. Here’s what my brainstorming looked like:
Deep Nebula
Heart of the Nebula
Serve and Protect
Love in the Deep
A Light in the Deep
Through to Freedom
We Won’t Surrender
Our Own
A Wolf in the Deep
To a New Place
In Search of a New Place
Flight to a New Place
Finding a New Place
Hope of a New Place
To Hope for a New Place
Hoping for a New Place
Reaching for a New Place
Striving for a New Place
Searching for a New Place
Heading for a New Place
Flying to a New Place
Voyage to a New Place
Journey to a New Place
Reaching for a New Place
Together in a New Place
Home to a New Place
Free in a New Place
Forward to a New Place
Forth to a New Place
Starry New Place
To a New Place
Some of those are pretty bad–but hey, it’s brainstorming right? There are no stupid questions, only stupid…
Anyway, I think I’m leaning more toward “To a New Place” or “Home to a New Place.” I’m curious, though, to hear what you guys think. If you have a better idea for a title, please let me know.
The story takes place five years after the events of Bringing Stella Home, when James has become something of a maverick pilot in the Colony’s militia. However, life under the Hameji occupation has become so difficult that their only real option is to evacuate the Colony and settle somewhere else. In the process, James gets tied up in a love triangle that ends in a way that’s only possible in science fiction.
So what do you think of “To a New Place?” It might not be the best when viewed side by side with “Bringing Stella Home,” but yeah. Actually, if I turn it into a trilogy within the series, it would be kind of cool to have all the titles form one giant sentence.
Or maybe it would be cool to get some sleep and think about it tomorrow.
I actually dislike the phrase ‘a new place’– very much. The word ‘place’ is probably okay– just not that phrase. I prefer those with the words nebula, deep, and I’m sort of fond of ‘Our Own’.
Thanks. I know we talked IRL a bit; I’ll keep that in mind.