How far should one go to choose a never-before-used title for their work?
I'm just asking because the perfect title for my story had already been used by at least 20 other books, but it was perfect so I used it. Now a "bestselling author" is insulting me on FB over it.
Of course I know better than to engage (thanks to all I learned on AW + my own common sense), and will probably never read anything on their list ever again, but should I have searched farther? This author's book is loosely in my genre, but when I read the blurb I really didn't think it was any more like mine than the two dozen others out there.
I don't expect everyone to like my writing, but I really never expected to be personally attacked like this.
TIA for any perspective &/or clarity.
I'm just asking because the perfect title for my story had already been used by at least 20 other books, but it was perfect so I used it. Now a "bestselling author" is insulting me on FB over it.
Of course I know better than to engage (thanks to all I learned on AW + my own common sense), and will probably never read anything on their list ever again, but should I have searched farther? This author's book is loosely in my genre, but when I read the blurb I really didn't think it was any more like mine than the two dozen others out there.
I don't expect everyone to like my writing, but I really never expected to be personally attacked like this.
TIA for any perspective &/or clarity.