title search

Of all the aspects of writing a book, selecting a title is the one I least enjoy.  The pressure to try and encapsulate everything the book is, exclude everything it isn't, and make the title memorable with some little twist or play on words is exhausting.  And annoying. But that doesn't mean I can get out of doing it.  Even if I don't self-publish this second book, I need to select a working title to use while shopping it around to agents and publishers.  Nobody will consider a proposal titled "Book 2", as it is currently labeled on my computer. [...]