My Kid is a Damn Nutter - Page 65

monster · 05-07-2015, 11:21 PM

awesome, ms. fob

limey · 05-08-2015, 12:57 AM

WTG!

Sent by thought transference

Griff · 05-08-2015, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Will you sign my copy?

Meeee toooo!

footfootfoot · 05-08-2015, 07:24 PM

I remember her when she was only imaginary...

Don't forget us little people when you are famous!

glatt · 05-08-2015, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I remember her when she was only imaginary...!

You're a funny guy, you know that?

Sundae · 05-09-2015, 03:37 AM

I will buy a copy. And not just because I know you.

Hope all goes well for this project in the future, but now you know you can get this far then there's nothing you can't do. Although I expect you know that anyway - we did

Spexxvet · 05-11-2015, 10:02 AM

Congrats, Clod. Will you autograph my Kindle?

Clodfobble · 05-11-2015, 05:56 PM

I'll autograph yo face!

Griff · 05-12-2015, 06:54 AM

*POW*

Clodfobble · 05-13-2015, 07:43 PM

Need suggestions plz...

So my agent (not tired of saying that yet) thinks that the title needs to be more accessible. There's this classic short essay called "Welcome to Holland" that every parent with a special needs kid is familiar with, and large parts of the book are tied into this metaphor of Holland vs. Italy, including the current title. But she thinks everyone outside that tight-knit community will be clueless as to the meaning and might genuinely mistake it for a travel memoir, and that even if I could talk her into it a publisher will definitely insist on changing it. I accept her expertise in this area, but so far we have not been able to come up with a new title that is suitably artsy-slash-intriguing but also refers accurately to the tone of the book. Because there are tons of sappy options out there like "Searching For..." and "Saving..." and crap like that, but it's not a sappy book, it's very much a defiant and funny and irreverent book, and I'd rather a stupid literal title like "How I Did This Thing" than some wistful acceptance bullshit.

As an example, one of my favorite suggestions so far was "Hysterically Impaired," which is actually a direct quote from the book, but it sounds a little too much like mockery without any context. Gotta ride that edge a little safer.

Any ideas?

glatt · 05-13-2015, 07:53 PM

I like the title of this thread. Says it all. But I'm no marketer.

Griff · 05-13-2015, 08:30 PM

Something like, Dogs Raising cats?

Clodfobble · 05-13-2015, 08:35 PM

Mass hysteria!

Lamplighter · 05-13-2015, 08:40 PM

Wishing upon a star and finding the aurora borealis

xoxoxoBruce · 05-13-2015, 09:00 PM

Moming the Spectrum... you know it don't come easy.

05-07-2015, 11:21 PM	#961
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	awesome, ms. fob __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-08-2015, 12:57 AM	#962
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05-08-2015, 07:24 PM	#964
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I remember her when she was only imaginary... Don't forget us little people when you are famous! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-11-2015, 10:02 AM	#967
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Congrats, Clod. Will you autograph my Kindle? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-11-2015, 05:56 PM	#968
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'll autograph yo face! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-09-2015, 03:37 AM	#966
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I will buy a copy. And not just because I know you. Hope all goes well for this project in the future, but now you know you can get this far then there's nothing you can't do. Although I expect you know that anyway - we did

05-12-2015, 06:54 AM	#969
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	POW __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-13-2015, 07:43 PM	#970
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Need suggestions plz... So my agent (not tired of saying that yet) thinks that the title needs to be more accessible. There's this classic short essay called "Welcome to Holland" that every parent with a special needs kid is familiar with, and large parts of the book are tied into this metaphor of Holland vs. Italy, including the current title. But she thinks everyone outside that tight-knit community will be clueless as to the meaning and might genuinely mistake it for a travel memoir, and that even if I could talk her into it a publisher will definitely insist on changing it. I accept her expertise in this area, but so far we have not been able to come up with a new title that is suitably artsy-slash-intriguing but also refers accurately to the tone of the book. Because there are tons of sappy options out there like "Searching For..." and "Saving..." and crap like that, but it's not a sappy book, it's very much a defiant and funny and irreverent book, and I'd rather a stupid literal title like "How I Did This Thing" than some wistful acceptance bullshit. As an example, one of my favorite suggestions so far was "Hysterically Impaired," which is actually a direct quote from the book, but it sounds a little too much like mockery without any context. Gotta ride that edge a little safer. Any ideas? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-13-2015, 07:53 PM	#971
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like the title of this thread. Says it all. But I'm no marketer.

05-13-2015, 08:30 PM	#972
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Something like, Dogs Raising cats? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-13-2015, 08:35 PM	#973
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Mass hysteria! __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-13-2015, 08:40 PM	#974
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Wishing upon a star and finding the aurora borealis

05-13-2015, 09:00 PM	#975
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Moming the Spectrum... you know it don't come easy. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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