Here is my "working" blurb for the current WIP, and so far, I've been calling it A Boy for Every Season--but it just doesn't have that elusive It, if you know what I mean.
Layney Logan doesn't swim in the high school dating pool--period. She'd rather avoid the questionable warm spots in the water and focus on the important things--like getting into college and running the high school newspaper. So when her arch-nemesis and co-chief editor (who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend),Jimmy Foster, suggests she do a feature story about what girls are really looking for in boys she wants to run for the hills. What's worse, he wants her to go on twelve blind dates with the boys the paper is photographing for a fundraiser calendar.
The one thing Layney dislikes more than dating is letting Foster think he got to her, so she takes the assignment to prove she's more than over him. The trouble is, she is learning a little more about herself on every blind date--the good, bad, and ugly (sometimes scary) ones. And the more she learns about Layney Logan, the more she wonders if Foster's known her better all this time.
So--we've got two intrepid high school reporters, twelve blind dates of doom, a calendar of hunks (and some not so hunky), a newspaper staff of chaos, two people who hate each other but probably should never have broken up, and Mr. March--a total hottie skater boy who throws his hat in the ring. And a big secret Layney's been hiding for four years and it's the REAL reason she and her arch nemesis broke up.
So...give me some titles! If I end up using yours, you get to be a character in the book--one of the reporters for The Follower, Layney's high school newspaper. I'll send you a questionaire and make a character dossier of you. Not in high school anymore? That's okay--you'll get a second chance at sixteen and be immortalized in a young adult novel.
Let's hear them.....
Thirteen Boys, Twelve Dates, One Girl (Twelve Boys, One Girl)
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Blind Dates Monthly
Dates of Doom (and other reasons why I'm single)
Boys, Bylines, and Secrets
Some of these I like, others not so much. I feel like I should be able to make a pun with "date."
Hmmm, how about one of these:
ReplyDeleteThe Calender Dates
The Dating Story
12 Dates in 12 Days *or however many days*
Serial Dating
Dates of the Week *or Month*
Dating With Her Eyes Shut
--Dara England
Bylines and blind dates
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Dateline Discovery
Hot off the Presses
Undercover secrets
Blindsided
Saving Typeface
Letters to the Editor
voted most likely to...
You guys rock! Keep em coming.
ReplyDelete"One Dozen Dates till Love"
ReplyDeleteGood luck finding the perfect title!
Assignment: Live, Learn, Love (or one of those)
ReplyDeleteTo date or not to date
Dare/Dared to Date
Yeah, I suck at picking titles. But the book sounds cool! Good luck finding the title, Gwen!
Read All About It
ReplyDeleteTales of an Unwilling Calendar Girl
Contact Sheet
Proofs
Posers
Pretty Posers All In a Row
Dating Myself/Herself
Against the Wall
Um... Yeah, I got nuthin'.
Good luck, though!
Ciao!
Kimberly
Actually, I like "The Follower".
ReplyDeleteBoy Of The Month
ReplyDeleteOff The Record
I got nothing.
I like Undercover Secrets.
ReplyDeleteHow about:
Follow Me Down
Blind Trouble
Hot Lead
Hot Topic
High School Confidential
Twelve Blind Dates (heehee..play off of 12 Blind Mice)
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that popped into my head was:
ReplyDeleteThe Deep End of the School
*shrug* If I think of anything else, I'll be back.
Date to Day
ReplyDeleteDate expectations
The Date Files
Oooh, The Dating Files!
ReplyDeleteHow about just:
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or
Datelines and Deadlines?
I can't just keep calling it "BOY"?
goodluck
:)
bria
Boys 14 - Me 0
ReplyDeleteTreading the Sea of Boys
Drowning...A Viable Option
Help Me Breathe
Help! Life Jacket Malfunction
High School Hot Sheet
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High School Exposé
*side note* I actually was on a high school newspaper back when, so you'd think I'd have better suggestions for a title, huh? lol Oh well...maybe I'll think of something later.
C.C.
This line:
ReplyDeleteThe one thing Layney dislikes more than dating is letting Foster think he got to her, so she takes the assignment to prove she's more than over him.
Made me think: So Over You
Um...
ReplyDeleteLaney's Dozen
Discovering Laney
A girl, A Calendar and Twelve lessons in love
~Rylee
So far, I'm whittled to:
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Dating With Her Eyes Shut
So Over You
Hot Topic
High School Confidential
Boy Of The Month
Dateline
Tales of an Unwilling Calendar Girl
Dates of Doom (and other reasons why I'm single)
Boys, Bylines, and Secrets
The Dating Files
Datelines and Deadlines
He Knew My Secrets
ReplyDeleteThe Guy She Didn't Want
Twelve Hot Dates- One Mistake or
Twelve Hot Dates- One Secret
The Secret She Keeps
Calendar Boys and a Teenage Girl
Teaching Layney
Layney Rediscovered
My Twelve Blind Dates: A Teen's Diary
My Twelve Blind Dates: A Heartbroken Teen's Diary
Unbelievable: The Story How I let THE ONE Get Away.
Whatever.(had to do that one just because it would be an interesting title.. it means nothing but it could come to be associated with Gwen Hayes!)
OK... I'm done.
April Morelock
12 Blind Dates.
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A few more titles:
ReplyDeleteOff the Record (possibly subtitled, "What Really Happened When I Dated the Calender Boys")
Blind Dating for the Voluntarily Single
wow i love some of these so much they sucked my creative juice away.
ReplyDeleteCopy that
I know what boys want (but isn't that a song?)
paper doll
ooooh nice! Adding to the list:
ReplyDeleteOff the Record
Paper Doll
I'm going to leave this open for a few days, so keep checking back to see who I pick in case I can't find you.
oooooooh good list! if i think of anything cool, i'll let you know. :D
ReplyDeleteCalendar Girl
ReplyDeleteHow about:
ReplyDelete- Hottie off the Presses
- Extra! Extra! How I Dated the Twelve Hottest Guys at School
- Scooped by my Ex!
- Conflict of Interests
- Figure it Out in Editing...
- How my Love Life Became Front Page News
- No Comment...
- Don't Quote Me on That...
Just a few suggestions.
Good Luck finding an awesome title! The story sounds like a cool idea.
~Willow
lol..these are all good. Going to be hard to choose just one.
ReplyDeleteWhatever and Don't Quote Me on That fit her attitude really well too.
Don't Quote me on that is really cute for her. But I like So Over You, or its cousin, So NOT over you!
ReplyDeleteI'm really getting quite stuck on
ReplyDeleteSo Over You
Thanks to EVERYONE who played along. I really appreciate the feedback. Evie Byrne...I need your email. :)
I don't have any new suggestions, but I did want to tell you my girls love your blurb. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat makes me EXTREMELY happy Loribelle!
ReplyDeleteSo, what did you pick????
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