From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   William Vetter  wrote:   
      
   > >> 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.   
   > >  :(   
   >   
   > What if you had a title you like, had submitted with it in the past   
   > (before you were famous), got some rejection slips, scrapped the   
   > manuscript, then want to use the title for something else?   
      
   I'd use it.   
      
   Nobody remembers the titles of the manuscripts they rejected five, ten   
   years ago.   
      
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