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I’ve been working on a book manuscript for ages. Recently, however, it’s taken on immediacy, as I want to get it in the mail today<\/em>. There’s one rather large problem: no title.<\/p>\n

Yep, I haven’t a clue what to call this labour of love, craft, frustration and confusion.<\/p>\n

So I did what any artist these days can: I crowd-sourced. There are some of the best of poets on my FB, so I sent ’em a message, and asked for input on the titles I’m considering.<\/p>\n

What did we do before technology? When people moved in wagons — or even trucks — half-way across the country? How did we feel connected? Letters — as I mentioned before <\/a>— are wonderful. But they take time. And telephone calls are clunky when there are more than 2-3 folks.<\/p>\n

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My friends are all over the place, of course: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri. On vacation here & there, too. And all over the place for titles, as well — only quasi-agreement. But that’s useful too.<\/p>\n

What I’m learning as I study beginner’s heart is that even ‘no’ — or a negative of some sort — is helpful; it’s informational. Response of any kind provides clues to what I think\/ want\/ should do. My husband says to imagine how you would feel if you didn’t have to do something, or if you did. That’s a similar kind of clue.<\/p>\n

Hence the crowd-sourcing. My wonderful writer friends confirmed that some of the titles I considered were clunky. Or too ‘poetic’ (the kiss of death for real poets, I assure you). And since they’re all reasonably familiar w\/ my work, they had other suggestions, all helpful.<\/p>\n

A very dear old friend — gifted in her own write — contributed several useful insights. And it’s all going to require time to digest… In other words? The MS probably won’t get out the door today, after all.<\/p>\n

And that’s just fine. The whole point to consulting a crowd is to get lots<\/em> of opinions. Now I just have to figure out how best to use them. A task best accomplished by applying seat to chair. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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