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It's proving to be near-impossible for us to come up with a title that has Carmen in the actual title that we really love more than chocolate. So we're going back to the drawing board. We're looking at just coming up with a cool title that reflects the story and then we'll have a subtitle that reflects the Carmen origins.

So, I've compiled some titles that appeal to me. Yes, I'm bogarting from song titles because I SUCK so at coming up with my own. So have at it. And of course, as usual, if you come up with something you think really reflects the story of a dedicated dancer who experiences her first love, joins a drum and bugle corps, suffers devastating loss and betrayal, and maybe in the end really discovers who she is and in the process rediscovers friendship and a possible future love, have at it.

Poll #1185648 Carmen Book Title redux
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

So, which title(s) d'you like? (Yes, you can choose more than one)

View Answers

A Beautiful Mess
7 (33.3%)

When the Stars Go Blue
6 (28.6%)

Save the Last Dance for Me
2 (9.5%)

The Show Must Go On
0 (0.0%)

You Don't Own Me
3 (14.3%)

So She Dances
6 (28.6%)

Dream Catch Me
2 (9.5%)

Oy, again with the titles. I have an idea
3 (14.3%)

Tickybox!
4 (19.0%)

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newport2newport

2008-05-10 01:54 pm (UTC)

Dancing Past the Flames?

I think I'd like to see something that better shows the relationship between her dancing and her troubles/triumphs

Congratulations, by the way, on the wonderful review you posted (yesterday was it? Time and blogs fly by so quickly...)!

debg

2008-05-10 05:46 pm (UTC)

And We Danced.

learningtoread

2008-05-10 06:04 pm (UTC)

A spin on one of the suggested titles:
- Chased by a Dream

Pulling from my Jimmy Eat World love, from "Here It Goes", which was the first thing that came to mind:

- Lights Go Down

Drawing from my twenty-four hours as a pro ballroom dancer:

- Rhythm Dances

jenifer_a2

2008-05-11 03:15 am (UTC)

I voted for "You Don't Own Me", which I do like. But I have to admit that my first date ever was to see "Dirty Dancing" in the movie theater, so I may not be unbiased.

But in the interest of sharing opinions, I have to say, (and I hope this doesn't offend anyone), that the title "Save the Last Dance For Me" makes me cringe. It makes me think of that Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon?, Jennifer Lopez movie, which is not a happy thought.

What about something like "Gypsy Dance"? Or could you do something in Spanish? Maybe as simple as "Bailar"?

fashionista_35

2008-05-11 03:08 pm (UTC)

The problem with using something that's solely Spanish is that it has the potential to alienate readers or at the very least, confuse clerks at bookstores who would wind up shelving it in the wrong place. Or at least, that's what I've been told.

I see your point about "Save the Last Dance," I was just trying to find songs with the word Dance in the title that I liked. The hub suggested a variation on A Beautiful Mess which was Beautiful Disaster, also a song.

I also, while wandering around the bookstore, came up with one that actually has Carmen in the title: One Summer As Carmen (or some sort of play off of that).

We'll see. :-)

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