My publisher is repackaging Ordinary Days for release in April and we need a title. Their suggestion is Ordinary Days--Family Life in a Farmhouse.
This title summarizes the contents in a nutshell which is what we want, but something about it doesn't "strike" me. So if any of you have ideas for tweaking this title, please comment.
The title didn't strike Paul either, but his beef was that technically, we don't live in a farmhouse. Yes, it used to be a farmhouse, but we only have two acres now and we don't actually farm. I didn't think this was relevant at all and tried to say so without damaging his masculine self-image.
After doing some serious weeping yesterday I am doing just a bit better today except when I found Amy's sweatshirt in the dirty laundry and took her little pillow* out of the car.
*The one she sits on so she can see over the steering wheel since she's so short.
Quote of the Day:
Emily: Isn't it funny how guys think?
Jenny: Part of their mind is on food, part of their mind is on ketchup, and part of their mind is on sports.
(Describes Ben pretty well, I think.)
You will post as soon as you hear from Amy, won't you???
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What about "Family Life by the Creekbank"? :-)
ReplyDeletethe baritone
What about Family Life by the Harrisburg church? *cough*
ReplyDeleteOr..Family Life down wind of the Pulp Mill..
ReplyDeleteOk..Dorcas I know I'm being very bad...but that is exactly the kind of mood I'm in tonight. *cough*
Ordinary Days -- Free Spirits from a Former Farmhouse
ReplyDeleteOrdinary Days -- Ordinary Family
Ordinary Days -- Where did they go?
Ordinary Days....
Forget it; this is too difficult.
Just call it "My Life" and settle for the presidential feel.
Not the "Mark" above
Ordinary Days in an Unordinary House
ReplyDeleteOrdinary days; Life with six kids and a dog or life with six kids and a gerbil or whatever it is you have.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness now Im not even sure you have six kids. I better butt out!
Life in a Pastors Home.
ReplyDeleteJenny forgot the fourth part of a guy's mind - girls!
ReplyDeleteIncorporate the phrase "Country Corner" somewhere.
ReplyDeleteI'd go with the one "Family life by the Harrisburg church". lol.
ReplyDeleteI rather like "Ordinary Days" ... all by itself without any subtext.
ReplyDeletehow about "Life in the Shoe"?
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anons take over!!!! =)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking along the lines of Homes Fires Beneath the Northern Lights. It could be Ordinary Days; between the pollen fields. I hate the fields down there. LOl.
ReplyDeleteOr Ordinary Days; Life on the side of Peoria road. Do you live on a corner? Ordinary days' Life as viewed from my corner.
Thanks, all. For better or worse, the publishers liked their original idea best. Maybe your ideas will work for book two.
ReplyDeleteThe book "Ordinary Days" is full of stories from growing up and travels, etc. So most of the suggestions that would specify one particular house or place would seem inappropriate. Even a title mentioning your family wouldn't fit as many stories aren't about your family... Maybe "Ordinary Days-Extraordinary God"???
ReplyDeleteThe book "Ordinary Days" is full of stories from growing up and travels, etc. So most of the suggestions that would specify one particular house or place would seem inappropriate. Even a title mentioning your family wouldn't fit as many stories aren't about your family... Maybe "Ordinary Days-Extraordinary God"???
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