From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   William Vetter  wrote:   
      
   > Why I ask this, is that I noticed an audiobook of a novel in public   
   > library that said _The Quest_ on the spine of the box.  Cover blurb told   
   > me it is Ancient Egypt with a sorcerer as POV character.   
   >   
   > Alas!  This author has used an exotic setting with exotic POV character   
   > and all he can come up with is _The Quest_.   
   >   
   > I thought this is worst title possible, because any fiction could be   
   > titled "The Quest" or "The Journey."  In theory, all story characters have   
   > a journey.  Such is how my mind works.   
      
   Someone in one of my groups over on LibraryThing is reading something   
   called Saga.  It's supposed to be really good, too.  But that was kind   
   of my reaction to it's title, too.   
      
   > Mais oui, all of the titles y'all have provided thus far suck bigtime also.   
      
   I titled a short story _Dark Moon Light_, and twice it got past the   
   first read and into the "serious consideration pile".  Both times the   
   editors didn't recognize it by title, and said, "Never heard of it, send   
   it again" when I sent inquiries asking why it had not been returned in   
   the usual timespan.  When they recieved the second copy, they said:   
   "Wait, don't we already have this?"   
      
   I haven't come up with another title for it that I like better, though.   
   :(   
      
      
      
      
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