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So you’re finally finished escritura it – the thing that has taken up all of your free time for the past two years (or more), the monkey on your back that wouldn’t let tu sleep, that had tu pulling out your pen and paper while on vacation with your family because The Idea came to you…
Well, you’re finished. tu want to print it out, slap on a title, and send it off.
Hold up, there partner! Pause, breathe, put the the manuscript down. Easy! There tu go….
What’s the big deal with a title?
Everything! It’s the first thing that a potential reader will see, the line that will either catch an editor’s attention o send it straight to the trash can. Just as your name represents you, the título of your book must be representative and catchy for your novel.
The good, the bad, and the ugly…    
There are three distinct groups of titles.
The first is the good: the ones that catch attention, make a reader pick the book up, scan the front, turn it over and read the back, and then on to the checkout stand. Examples: Empress, Boiling Point, Crown of Thorns, Slaughterhouse-Five, A Feast for Crows.
The bad: have a hit and miss chance of grabbing a reader, with good enough cover art and some fantastic frases from the New York Times o Publisher’s Weekly, they may be read. They probably won’t be the first book a reader picks up, but it’s possible. Examples: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, War of the Gods, Secrets of Droon: The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet, Maximum Ride: the ángel Experiment.
Then the ugly: get the response “how did this ever get onto this shelf?” “What was the editor/author thinking?” Examples: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, The Adventures of tiburón Boy and Lava Girl…
So how do tu name it?
Unfortunately, while there is a plethora of baby-name libros flooding the market and internet, there is no “novel-name book” for authors. So, tu must be creative. Which really shouldn’t be that hard – hell, tu wrote a book, didn’t you?
Coming up with the name of your novel should be a process started at the same time tu write the firs paragraph, and honestly, will and should go on until you’re done with your final edit. It’s not an easy task – parents may argue and pine over it for nine months – why should your naming process be any different?
Following are several tips to help tu come up witht the ideal name for your “baby.” These are merely brainstorming techniques to hopefully help something click in that creative cavity tu have sitting between your shoulders:
Make a list
1. the names of your main characters
2. the major places in your book
3. any special talismans/objects that play a specific/important role (ie. The Sword of Shanara)
4. creatures, animals, aliens, names
Your plot
1. what is the point of your book?
2. is there a journey? To where? For why?
3. are tu escritura about a deeper meaning?
4. can tu tie in your book with current events o popular topics? (ie the Davinci Code)
5. what are your characters trying to do?
google is your best friend
1. buscar for pictures of a theme, character, creature, place, etc. that tu feel represents your book. You’ll come across some cool (and weird) things, and may give tu direction.
2. see what others escritura about similar topics are using for titles. Make sure your título isn’t too close to another’s.
3. get some más backstory on an item, relic, place, o animal in your story. Again, think muse…
Have fun
1. play up on words and items in your book (ie One of our newest libros due out siguiente summer is “Of Quills and Kings,” in which the villan is a demonic and sadistic hedgehog that overthrows the crown…)
2. be witty. tu are trying to grab science fiction/fantasy/horror/etc fans, not collegiate professors that enjoy spending all of their waking hours with their pet rock. Uh…
3. be original. tu want to stand out, but don’t be too off-beat that tu scare people away.

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posted by Dhampires
I made it to my room and saw the dagger on my cama I grabbed it she jumped on me, slamming me on the floor I felt blood ooze down my chin, I didn't busted my lip in the process.

"Get off me!" I yelled and and tried to slab her anywhere but she caught my wrist broke it and brought my arm back.

The dagger had fallen and rolled under my cama I could see it just out of my reach she yanked me up and at the right moment I head butted her. She staggered into the muro and I aimed to puñetazo, ponche her in the nose but she caught my fist.

"Your human speed is still to slow you'd need to transform into a full...
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The car stopped in front of a brick house, "Aren't tu gonna call him?" Noah asked Abbie, "Okay...wait there he is!" she dicho pointing at a boy with dirty blonde hair, who was approaching the car, Abbie lowered her window, "Leo!" she said, "Hey, Ab" he dicho with a nod, "Hey Leo" dicho Noah, "Yo! Noah!" he dicho smiling, he opened the back car door and climbed in, just before Noah drove Abbie opened her own door climbed out, slammed the front door shut and climbed in the back with Leo, Noah drove away, there journey was silent, Leo leaned closer to Abbie, who was looking out the window, her right...
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My Dream



My dream is to make the world a better place.
For tu and me and the people to come.
I want peace in this world,
And love,
And harmony.
The world we live in now is curl and cool,
and filled with war.
It’s like we’re all on a wheel of all the angry,
thoughts and feeling’s.
A never ending and every winning
race of hate.
My dream is make the world brighter
and free.
A place that doesn’t know pain o hurt.
Only amor and freedom.
In my mind I have a magical place,
were no one makes fun of you,
And tu will be loved.
In my magical place there’s no such thing as hurtful words.
And this is how going...
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posted by h3rmioneg
(Verse 1)
Waitin'
it's loadin'
just wanna get out of here
Waitin'
I'm fine
just wanting tu to get out of my life
How long does it take for tu to leave?
just wonderin'
How long does it take for tu to leave?
Just Wonderin in in in

(Chorus)
I've been waitin'
my entire life
for tu to leave
Petals and Sticks
all fake and broken
tu didn't know what love
was till tu met me
I bet tu haven't changed
since
I Waitin' Waitin'

(Verse 2)
mostrar up in a rosado, rosa dress
waitin' for my amor to address
I'm like come on
o I'm gettin' out of here

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
I want the life to leave
through thin air
7 miles away
I'm Waitin'

(Pre-Chorus)
for tu to leave me
for tu to go outerspace
and that's what I'm waitin' for

(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

(Chorus)

I' Waitin'
posted by alicia386
Sorry this isn't the best chapter but I didn't really have time to write it out better. I understand if tu don't like it either

Please review and comment. Thank tu and enjoy!

Chapter Eleven

September
It was the big premiere of his movie Hourglass and all of the celebridades showed up. It was a huge hit and he had to say that it was amazing. Since Cassidy and Milo were arrested, he had to re cast their parts. Actually the girl to take Cassidy's part really liked him. He would totally go for it but he just couldn't was not looking for a relationship. Her name was Amber Washington and she had dark...
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chapter (1)

it's raining outsaid ,david finished his work early today ,he took his sons from school and brought them back inicial
mary was daivd's wife and the mother of four children (kiven,poul, jack and kat ),when david and his sons entered the house mary was surprised seeing them in the house in that time
"you're early today "mary said
"yea ,mary can I talk to tu in the cocina ?"david asked
"yea ,sure"mary said

mary and david sit on the sofa that their little where daughter sleep at night
"ok I don't know how to tell tu this ,but we should mover "david said
"move to where ? and why? "mary asked...
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*Short romance story, I'm guess it's cliche. Please don't copy and please read and review, summary under :)*
Summary: Jonah Grey is really getting on my nerves. Everyday at lunch he keeps on throwing dulces to my spot at the mesa, tabla with my friends. Why? He’s trying to aggravate me…or maybe not.
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    “He’s doing it again! Why can’t he stop!” I whined, swatting away a dulces bar.
    “You should just talk to him, that’s all he wants.” Vivian, my best friend since pre-k suggested.
    I scoffed. “All he wants is another...
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posted by alicia386
Chapter Nine

The siguiente day, Mason and Olivia were recommended to seek some help. Olivia just wanted a clue to her future. Her life couldn't have been any worse. Her parents were dead, Cassidy hated her and Mason was sending her mixed signals about there relationship. When she had called him, he seemed a little edgy. It could just be Olivia's imagination though. Mason needed mental help. On the outside he was solid as a rock but on the inside he was as fragile as porcelain. Mason went to a psychiatrist and Olivia went to a psychic. This would give them the respuestas they mostly desperately craved....
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How to Hate My Very amor

How tragic is the story of the lady on White Chapel road

How her amor so dear and faithful was scared of death row

Now her veins full of poison thick as oil and hate

That poison she spits out to feed her pet snake

And yet she remains in the darkest hours of night

Though in hell were Satan never leaves her sight

With her amor so thin and frail and on his dying bed

He whispers his last words to her ears which they fed

To the cliff she goes now that lady on White Chapel road

To step off that steep cliff to what pain waits below

MY GARDEN IS MY seguro PLACE

I have a garden where I...
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posted by alicia386
Chapter Eight

Mason was a wreck this morning. He was embarrassed and ashamed. He had acted like an idiot especially when he confessed his amor for Olivia. What was he thinking? Be had embarrassed himself, Olivia, and Cassidy. Couldn't he do anything right? Staying in cama was the only way for him to keep his emotions in control. If he was lucky, no one would remember that night let alone what he said. He dicho some pretty awful and truly disturbing things. He wanted to apologize to Olivia that night but when she came downstairs she ran out the door and down the block.

He slumped in his cama thinking...
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posted by sawfan13
He woke up all alone in the darkness. He felt something
cold and metallic around his wrist. What the hell? What's going on? He had been handcuffed before, but not like this. He's an escape artist, illusionist even. He's a very famous man, living in the sinful and colorful city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Yet, why is he locked in this room all alone? He looked down and noticed he was shirtless. Where's my shirt? His muscular tanned abs were exposed in the dark room, as he felt his long dark hair touching his shoulders and below his neck. He pulled on the handcuff. Damn it! I've escaped out of these before! Why isn't it working now?

He heard footsteps coming, as his corazón started to race. He heard a giggle, as a blonde girl wearing his symbols and clothing line stood before him. She smiled in a sinister way, "Hello, Mr. Angel! We've been expecting you!"
posted by hgfan5602
All these years...
Are so memorable,
Every bit of it.
Even though they are not all
Good memories,
Bad memories are just as memorable
As good memories.

Looking back on the past,
Remembering my life before,
How everything was so amazing,
How all my friends changed my life,
Giving me memories that will last
My whole life long.

Do not worry,
I still remember all the good times
That we had.
Doing cannonballs into the cold water,
Laughing like we don't have a care
In the world.

I still remember
How tu gave me all your courage
How tu allowed me to mostrar myself,
To be content to share all my knowledge
With the world.

None...
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posted by alicia386
Chapter Six

In the last week Olivia and Mason have been avoiding each other. She may be his assistant and he may be the boss but they didn't have to be in each other's company everyday. Mason stayed away because Olivia avoided him. Olivia avoided Mason because Cassidy tole her to. Olivia knew for sure that, that girl was dangerous but what did she possibly want from Mason. He has those amazing looks but Cassidy Golden wasn't the type to stay with one man for very long and the guys she usually dated were models.

Mason was literally in the middle of it all. He had numerous of things to do especially...
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Chapter 2



Warren was fine after resting from his accident in the ducha, ducha de that morning. He grabbed his trusty baseball bat, his protective shelter of a black blanket and walked downstairs to help out Eliza. Eliza was in the cocina washing dishes, as
Warren silently walked in there. She didn't notice him beside of her, as she went along humming "I'll Fly Away". He smiled and said,"Good song! I loved how they sang it on O' Brother Where Art Thou." Eliza jumped, as a plate broke on the floor.
"Oh shit, I mean shoot!" Warren laughed, as he knelt down, feeling the floor, trying to help out the scared...
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posted by wantadog
Missing
Chapter one



    So here I was. Alone in a small Arizona town that up until today had housed a bustling community. I have no idea what happened either. I woke up to find everything the way it usually was. Hyperactive brother, overprotective father, working mother. A normal life for a normal girl. My name is Juliet Grim.


    “Jules, wake up! Now!”
Juliet Grim woke up this morning like all the rest. With her father making a big fuss over her waking up and taking care of the animals. They could wait and hora o two, right? But according to him, “They...
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posted by alicia386
"I would like the first option please."

"Very popular choice," he commented. He motioned with his fingers for me to follow him down the hallway. "You will a completely different person but with very similar personality traits and because we can't really have tu killing yourself off again, I've decided to make your life horrid. tu will be mistreated and unloved. tu won't have much and tu will not want it either."

"No fair," I said. "That isn't any different from my old life. I thought in this new life I would have a better life like nice parents and maybe a sibling o two."

"Actually, Ms. White,"...
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posted by Problematic129
Chapter 5
    The school routine
    By the segundo week, I was firmly in my school routine. Wake up, breakfast, school, limited fun time, sleep, repeat. We had an official Gal table, and I believe we have three new gal’s. Though tu can’t be sure, I only know the one we confirmed.
    Believe it o not, Talia. Yep, crazy pants is with us now, though she’s still crazy she’s not insane anymore. In fact, the doctors were surprised she miraculously recovered. My theory? School changed her, it did to me.
    She...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre: Fiction, fantasy~
17
Mikey
    Now, I’m not saying I was scared o anything, but I couldn’t help but feel a chilling sensation when I saw the stone again, still glowing, but brighter than before. It was like some twisted sick foreboding object, something that, as beautiful as it was, I didn’t ever want to see o touch again. We all stared at it, trying not to get to memorized as before. We were at some deserted park Terry use to come when she was a child, but after a kid died her parents shunned her from the place.
    How nice.
    “Okay…so,...
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posted by Problematic129
~Genre: Fiction, fantasy~
14
    Zaria
    “It’s a crystal, it’s a crystal, it’s a crystal, it’s a freaking glowing crystal!” Edith shouted staring at it with horrific fascination.
     “Should we keep it?” Iris asked, poking the thing hesitantly.
    Stilere glared at her. “Yes we should, this is what we’ve been looking for.”
    “What exactly is it?” Alex asked. “And why are we looking for it?”
    Stilere shrugged. “Well, for one I don’t think...
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posted by TheEvilHoodie
The twins woke early. It had been a dark, stormy night - even some of the big ones were scared. They sat up and stretched in unison before clambering out of their smooth wooden high-walled bed. They had previously found a way to push down the bars, making the jump on the other side much less challenging and not so hard on the derriere. They took the stairs one at a time, clinging on to the handrails on either side. The twins entered the living room, fumbling around in the dark for the matches to light the torches they had fashioned out of thick wood and coal. Once this was done, they crawled...
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