You thought that once the Fifteen Weeks of Bees were over, we’d be finished with contests, right? Ah no, we’re just beginning.
How creative are you feeling? Well, sharpen those pencils and wits, kids, because Laurie needs a title. That’s right, The Green Man just doesn’t do it. As a working title, sure, because it’s about a man who lives in the woods and is a little bit of a Trickster—but this is New York publishing we’re talking about, not some New Age, Burning Man, hippie crap.
What’s wrong with “The Green Man”? I’m glad you asked (because you can bet I did.) To quote: It doesn’t have the layered nuance of The Language of Bees. It doesn’t seem either upmarket or suspenseful. It’s not tantalizing.
In other words, a mix between * yawn * and Huh?
So here’s your chance to name LRK’s next baby: The Adventure Formerly Known as The Green Man. You can hit the tab over on the right to follow what I’ve had to say about it, you can check out the Wikipedia article on the Green Man, and I’ll tell you that it’s about Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes and Mycroft (lots about Mycroft) and spies (spies are important) and the Green Man—aka Robert Goodman—and Damian and Estelle from The Language of Bees and boats and planes and trains and cars and…
And since any contest needs a prize, let’s say we’ll put the author of the winning suggestion in the book’s Thanks page, and send him or her a signed ARC as soon as we get them.
Any thoughts? These are titles that have already been yawned and Huh?ed over:
The Green Man
The Man who Spoke in Leaves
Eyes in the Green
John Barleycorn Must Die (yeah, sure)
Jack of the Wood
Eyes in the Green
Voice of the Green
Speaking in Leaves
A Man of the Green
Are we having a good time yet?