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The best book titles are distinctive, easy to remember and arouse curiosity. Paired with a compelling image, the book cover is to book sales what the tinder profile is to hook-ups. Given how many books are out there, it’s a mostly “swipe-left” world, let’s face it. The main character of my novel (based on the real “blue people of Kentucky”) is Jubilee Buford, a woman who has been isolated in the Appalachian wilderness all her life on account of her shocking blue skin, the subject of all manner of superstitions and prejudices. Color aside, Jubilee is unforgettable for many other reasons, so it made sense that the early titles featured her name: The Year of Jubilee and The Blue Song of Jubilee. Neither quite worked. The Last Blue was the candidate that seemed to have...[read on]
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