I’ve entered the final lap of the first draft of the yet to
be named Ghost Dusters 4. Well, technically it HAS a name but I feel no point
in sharing it as it’ll most likely change.
I don’t want to confuse the issue by
calling it Sadie Goes to Hollywood only to have my editor change it to Hell in
Seattle and then you get all attached to Sadie Goes to Hollywood and try
ordering it by that name down the road. Okay, now try and get Sadie Goes to
Hollywood out of your head, okay?
I also have edits waiting for me on the book that I called
Wrong Channel. Don’t get too attached to that name either because that’ll be
changed too. When they asked for my input, I came up with The Billionaire’s
Psychic Pregnant Secret Wife. My new editor said it was too long for the cover.
When it comes to naming books I usually just allow the
Powers that Be (my editor and agent) to toss around something until they both
have an AH HAH moment. I figure I write the other 80,000 words, surely they can
be responsible for four or five, right? Besides, they’re just better at knowing
what works on a cover and what doesn’t.
Right now I’m reading two books simultaneously: Sarah
Paretsky’s Breakdown and The Bloggess’s
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened. They couldn’t be more different but I’m
enjoying them both.
What are you reading?
