How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?Visit Noelle Salazar's website.
Titles are a difficult thing for me. After the title for my first book was changed, I became unsure of my ability to correctly title my books. Most of the time now, I just give them a placeholder and then I go through a title creating back-and-forth with my editor, our team, and my agent. For this title in particular, we had our work cut out for us. But I kept getting drawn back to a style of title I'd seen on some other books previously and so we started throwing words around. My team came up with The Lies We Leave Behind and I have to say, I love it. It's intriguing. What lies? Whose lies? How many lies? Why were the lies necessary? So many questions beg for answers just because...[read on]
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