I'm burning up the boards this morning, but that means I'm in a different phase so that's good. But I'm supposed to be working on our satellite at work so that's bad. Oh well - yin-yang.
Problem is, the title for my book reeks: THE SILLA PROJECT. It is a dramatic thriller about a Los Alamos nuclear scientist who gets abducted by North Korean commandos. Silla refers to the kingdom that first united the Korean peninsula in like 650 AD, or thereabouts. So their nuclear project is call Project Silla. But it just doesn't work for me as a title. Yet I've tried for years to come up with something better and just haven't been able.
I've got, THE HERMIT KINGDOM, which is a name that has been traditionally used for Korea by outsiders. And I thought LUXOR ON THE TAEDONG as a reference to their capitol P'yongyang, which is a lot like the ancient Egyptian capitol of Luxor. And CRITICAL MASSES, or CRITICAL MASS which is a play on critical mass for a nuclear explosion, and when something goes beyond the point of no return. Even JUCHE FRUIT, referring to juche one of their political philosophies. But in my opinion, these all suck - especially the last one. I'm just too close to this thing.
This group is extremely creative. Can any of you come up with something better? I'm certain the title would probably be changed by any publisher that decided to publish it, but I believe a catchy title helps in the query.
Thanks,
-MM
Problem is, the title for my book reeks: THE SILLA PROJECT. It is a dramatic thriller about a Los Alamos nuclear scientist who gets abducted by North Korean commandos. Silla refers to the kingdom that first united the Korean peninsula in like 650 AD, or thereabouts. So their nuclear project is call Project Silla. But it just doesn't work for me as a title. Yet I've tried for years to come up with something better and just haven't been able.
I've got, THE HERMIT KINGDOM, which is a name that has been traditionally used for Korea by outsiders. And I thought LUXOR ON THE TAEDONG as a reference to their capitol P'yongyang, which is a lot like the ancient Egyptian capitol of Luxor. And CRITICAL MASSES, or CRITICAL MASS which is a play on critical mass for a nuclear explosion, and when something goes beyond the point of no return. Even JUCHE FRUIT, referring to juche one of their political philosophies. But in my opinion, these all suck - especially the last one. I'm just too close to this thing.
This group is extremely creative. Can any of you come up with something better? I'm certain the title would probably be changed by any publisher that decided to publish it, but I believe a catchy title helps in the query.
Thanks,
-MM
