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Friday,
March 30, 2007

I love it when a book comes together

I checked the answering machine last night and found a call from La Editor about Best Protection, so I called her back and we went over the discussion points. She enjoyed it, said it was a fast, funny read (so good for me) and apart from two boo-boos (which she explained, and yup, I screwed up there) there's only some minor stuff that needs to be fixed or fleshed out a bit.

Then we came to the main point -- the title. Best Protection was a pune, or play on words*, on breast protection, which is what inspired the story in the first place (I was examining heavily beaded belly dancing bras and thinking, "Damn, I could wear these while fencing and not feel a thing" when the Muse swanned in from Bali and dropped the story on my head). However, Best Protection is probably not the absolute best title for the novella because it IS an in-joke (or as the Editor said, "It sounds like the title for a short story").

So she suggested one. And I capered with glee because not only is it stone-cold perfect, but also references one of my favorite pieces of classical music, and you can't go wrong with that.

So, Best Protection is now called...

Sabre Dance.

I like it!

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*If I can't channel Pterry in my own LJ, where CAN I channel him?