So I'm getting towards publishing Anna-Maria, and I'm still struggling with the title, and I know we had this discussion, but...
Ok, I am NOT going with the facetious suggestion of a friend 'Dance of Tongues' as I'd pick up the wrong sort of readers. No cunning linguists, thank you!
Is Dance of Words too plain? with Anna-Maria being pedantic to a fault. It's about more than her prolix, it's also about the concealment of Towarzysz Shaggy as someone with a heritable condition [of bear], and how Jeremi Skrzetuski turns around the idea of being misfits and losers into Misfits being something they are proud of; using words to misdirect the captain; and how much is unspoken in the desire of the captain to do Jeremi down.
Can I use dance of words?
Yes, words is good. Language might work too
ReplyDeletecheers yes
Deletemust it be a dance.
ReplyDeleteit does fit in the series. And that's because I thought there would be 3-5 in the series; silly me
Deletewhy not Dance of Misfits
ReplyDeletethat seems another popular one, def. worth considering
DeleteI prefer this to Dance of Words
DeleteI am if dance of mis-something might be better
DeleteDance of words Dance of Bears or Dance of Misfits are my 3 favorites. Please put a picture of a bear on the cover and a note inside of book to the bear of WW2. This and the Papa Raven books are still the ones I like the best because I can have a good giggle. Looking forward to seeing it in print also jedreks daughter and the short stories about Felicia plus the nestlings and fledglings book. J
ReplyDeletehmm a couple of good ideas. I have a bear on the cover I am sketching. Oh I re-read Mad Mikolaj when I am down to cheer myself up! Nestlings is in proof read. My editor still has Jedrek's Daughter, and Fledglings and i need to write about 20k to fill a book of medievals.
DeleteI like Dance of Words!
ReplyDeleteit is a little bit similar to Dance of Swords but I think your readers won't confuse the two, and they are far enough from each other in the series not to be confused by a novice reader.
ooh but it's something to think about
DeleteRe: cunning linguists... er, I like your puns, but please, not this one!
ReplyDeleteShakespeare: "Egad but this play about Hamlet is depressing."
DeleteAnne Hathaway: "Make a smutty joke."
Shakespeare: "Perfect, sweet chuck, 'thinkest thou of country matters' should liven things up with a good laugh before Ophelia drowns herself."
Oh that was a nice giggle for the morning. I agree it probably wouldn't do but I like your friends suggestion. I, personally, think Dance of Words would be fine or maybe Dance of Misdirection, that could cover the tongue twisting words, concealing the bear & Jeremi leading the captain a merry, well, dance. Regards, Kim
ReplyDeletethis was an 'open mouth without engaging brain' moment, I fancy... but funny.
DeleteDance of Misfits has also been suggested, though I do like the idea of it being all about language, nomenclature and misdirection.
* whimpers like a vampire confronted with bagna caoda * nooo, titles...
ReplyDeleteAll joking aside, I think it would work. It's not out of place with hte other titles in the series
yeah, and as you know, next to writing blurb the hardest part of writing a book is the !!£$@*&!!!! title.
DeleteCheers!
Hmm. "Dance of Misfits", "Dance of Misdirection", "Dance of Unspoken Words"?
ReplyDeleteall good. mm Words Unspoken perhaps a better way round?
DeleteYou're all brilliant, thank you, I wish I was. Now I've got a lot to play with and still not sure where to go, too many good choices!
ReplyDeletethe only thing I have against Dance of Misfits is that it doesn't address the use of language; but it's a name to hold in case I do more with them.
So I'm mostly torn between Dance of Words [Unspoken is nice, but the words that are spoken are used as well] and Dance of Misdirection. Which could also imply Dance of Smoke and Mirrors, or Dance of obfuscations, even Dance of Complexity.
Dance of Prolixity; Dance of Verbosity but you’re back to the “I don’t understand therefore it must be rude” problem I fear. Dance of Wordsmiths at a pinch? Dance of Contention covers both words and actions.
ReplyDeleteMy editor vetoed Prolixity on the grounds of obscurity.
DeleteMore good suggestions.
right now I feel a bit like Liza Doolittle in the musical version 'My Fair Lady' "Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words..."
Dance of Smoke and Mirrors sounds very cool!
ReplyDeletehehe I threw that out half joking to cover the obfuscation... well one to consider. it's Maskirovka in Russian. Not sure what it is in Polish, but it's probably one of those words I take for granted in knowing, like caracal, chevaux de Frise, Line of Battle and other military stuff which isn't in the general vocabulary.
DeleteHi, what about Dances of Words.
ReplyDeleteThere are more than one person to whom you refer.
though a dance has also multiple people weaving in and out of each other in an intricate pattern
DeleteOh, I'm loving "Dance of Obfuscation" but you know I'm a nerd like that!
ReplyDeletehehe you'd have been happy with Dance of Prolix
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