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Now, trying to come up with a branding blog title to represent all my future works. You say you dont know the name of the novel or the author, but if you use, you can search books by subject matter without the need for a title or author. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communicationsnovember 22, 2017. Blog title generator seopressor wordpress seo plugin. But i find it most difficult for unpublished novelists to gain traction with an author blog. They think that maybe it was in the stores front window last fall.
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In i believe in believing author cathy patterson writes about the many areas of life. Four strategies for creating titles that jump off the shelf. Get some inspiration and comic relief from these 50 titles. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago. If youre not satisfied with the results, you can always hit the refresh button to generate a new list of unique titles. She uses the story of janine collins, the only survivor of a suicide bombing, to explore issues relating to faith and the celebrity culture supported by the 24hour news cycle. Another case is when an author has changed names, such as a surname change after marriage or divorce or a name change for a transgender author. A good book title can mean the difference between a bestseller and a lifeless shelfdweller. They may explain the title, just like they do for memoirs, but theres something more. Now that i have, and time is on my side, i can t think of good ideas to name my blog. Selecting and protecting the title of your book how to use. The netgalley report is a goldmine of email addresses, book blog urls, bookseller names and so on, so i can follow up when i publish the next book in the series.
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Here are some titles you can use on job applications, your linkedin profile, or for any other occasion that requires a job title. It could be a chapter title or a compelling summaryphrase found in the text. Many times a good title is simply waiting to be discovered in the text of a book the author wrote. While the use of a celebritys name in the title of an unauthorized biography is generally not considered a violation of that individuals right of publicity, or trademark rights, authors need to be aware that in the u. When you believe in a title, you will do all your best to nourish it, play with it until you bringpush it to its fullest making you a successful author. For example the blog, barefoot blonde, plays upon the stereotype of blondes having more fun and the word barefoot shows she is carefree.
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