Here’s Your Chance to Title a Book

Published on September 20, 2007 in Writing.

Here’s a request from Cheryl at Blooking Central…

Any chance that I could get some help from you and your readers? I’m looking for a title for my second book. It’s about a handful of folks in their early sixties who take part in the local Six County Senior Olympics. I’ve toyed with Gold Medal Murder but there’s already a book with that title. Murder at the Senior Olympics makes me gag.

I would be willing to credit the winning contribution in my acknowledgments. Not much incentive I know, but it’s all I’ve got.

If you need more information, drop by her blog.

Ideas?

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15 Responses to “Here’s Your Chance to Title a Book”

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1 Canucklehead
Sep 20th, 2007 at 10:27 pm

Gold Medals, Blue Rinse and Red Blood.
2 cheryl
Sep 21st, 2007 at 7:50 am

Kinda long for a title ….
3 cheryl
Sep 21st, 2007 at 11:23 am

Is Old Farts Medal in Murder too derogatory?
4 goinglikesixty
Sep 21st, 2007 at 12:41 pm

Cheryl: not to me! Can you use a play on Medal? Meddle?
5 cheryl
Sep 21st, 2007 at 2:50 pm

I guess I figured that medal would do double-duty. Old farts just sounds too informal. Seniors Medal in Murder would work too, except that the murderer may or may not be a senior. I was wondering if “games” could give us more play (pun).
6 goinglikesixty
Sep 21st, 2007 at 4:48 pm

I’m thinkin!
7 Rhea
Sep 21st, 2007 at 5:03 pm

Uh, how about:

Time is Running Out
Running Gets Old Quickly
Trick Knee
Old Gray Anatomy
8 cheryl
Sep 23rd, 2007 at 1:05 pm

Does someone in their early sixties qualify as a geezer?
Geezer Gutted Going for Gold - except she wasn’t “gutted”
9 goinglikesixty
Sep 23rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm

I think so - there is a magazine called Geezer Jock.
http://geezerjock.com/ those people are in 60’s+

Other thoughts - just trying to prime your pump!
Doddering
Codger
Coot
Fuddy Duddy
Fossil
Geezer Gauntlet
Gold Grave / gravestone
Geezer Gouged?
Golden Gates?
Games Lead to Golden Grave
10 cheryl
Sep 25th, 2007 at 8:58 am

Geezer Gauntlet: The Senior Olympics might work. I’m having trouble associating golden with grave. Silver is generally used to indicate seniors so I guess I want to reserve gold for the medal.
11 goinglikesixty
Sep 25th, 2007 at 9:00 am

You probably want murder or a hint of mayhem in the title though, right? Is Senior Olympics or Olympics trademarked or copyrighted?
12 cheryl
Sep 25th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

I’m reasonably sure that Senior Olympics is not - there was a hoohah about it. And actually it’s not the National Games nor the state games that are the background of the book. It takes place at the Six County Senior Olympics (local). Again, to the best of my knowledge, not copyrighted.

Mayhem in the title was a suggestion from another writer who said that the title Park Ridge (my first book) gave no indication that it was a murder mystery.
13 goinglikesixty
Sep 25th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

Goring for the Gold
Slaughter at the Senior Games
Slayed at the Senior Games
Senior Games Slayer
Golden Ager Finished Off

I think I’m getting further away!
14 cheryl
Sep 27th, 2007 at 7:50 am

Slayed?
15 goinglikesixty
Sep 27th, 2007 at 8:12 am

Wellll…