choosing book covers and titles
I was recently at a writing workshop about independent (or self) publishing. The instructor took us through an interesting exercise … creation of a book title and book cover for a story. Each of us was asked to provide the potential name of a book and a verbal description of the book’s cover. The audience tried to guess the book genre, general plot and story.
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This exercise illustrated how important it is for writers considering independent publication of their work to chose titles and book covers carefully. This would be a great exercise for anyone trying to see if their ideas get a good initial reader response.
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I provided the title for my new fantasy tale: Meniscus
and a verbal description of the following cover sketch:
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Most people guessed correctly that this will be a Science-fiction/Fantasy (I think the alien sky helped). They also thought the book might be about an encounter between alien species.
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Only two people in the audience knew what ‘meniscus’ meant.
Google provides the following definition:
me·nis·cus
noun
Physics– the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube.Optics– a lens that is convex on one side and concave on the otherAnatomy– a thin, fibrous cartilage between the surfaces of some joints
nichepoetryandprose 
The Churn? A disturbance in the meniscus layer?
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Lone Grey Squirrel
November 16, 2016 at 7:37 am
That’s funny. A disturbance in the … hard not to make my furry Arginop behave like Yoda!
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jane tims
November 16, 2016 at 2:54 pm