Oh come on, somewhere in that list of \u201cgreat book titles you wished you could write\u201d you have something with equal shock value. I used to have a lot of them but I use so many different machines in my travels and work it is difficult to keep them all in one place. I\u2019ve lost many of them but just before writing this I stumbled across a text file containing 2 I had forgotten about. The other was \u201cDime Novel Sold for 50 Cents.\u201d Admittedly that one could be either a great title or a great insult.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey Fred, what do you think about our new boss?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a dime novel sold for 50 cents.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Without actually insulting it insults the quality of whatever was being discussed. It conveys the mental image of something being grossly oversold, hyped or priced.<\/p>\n
I think I came up with both titles when news broke of the junkie Rush Limbaugh getting arrested<\/a>. It was causing much ado on various message boards as to whether or not he would walk the walk of self deportation<\/a> after being busted. Of course we all know he weaseled out of it. I had mental thoughts and images of some mind even tinier than his thinking they were the drug dealer to God for supplying him.<\/p>\n
This isn\u2019t just a pass time for writers. I was on a long drive listening to an NPR show on AM 580 WILL which was held in some bar\/eatery where they were discussing the now infamous \u201cBad Hombres\u201d line in the presidential debates. Since it was a college area crowd much of the conversation was about great names for rock bands which came out of the debate. I think they were up to 9 before I got out of range.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s rather amazing how something deemed completely inappropriate in one context can be considered perfect for another. As a writer you will have to deal with this time and time again. Some of you will write a book which will end up on a list of banned books such as \u201cFahrenheit 451<\/a>\u201d by Ray Bradbury. I found the list of banned books that shaped America<\/a> an interesting skim as well. Be honest, how many of them have you read? How many did you watch a movie about? I must admit I was quite shocked to learn \u201cBury My Heart at Wounded Knee\u201d was on a banned books list.<\/p>\n
So come on, share them. What are some of those awesome book titles you hope to one day write?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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