Beware of DecoysOriginally uploaded by mgharris
Oh yes, they look very yummy, no doubt.
But that sticky pink icing has no pinkness to its flavour. And you’ll search in vain for anything interesting inside like jam. So sadly another hopeful added to a long list of tasty-looking baked goods that turn out to be decoys.
Starbucks iced fancies…don’t be misled.
Meanwhile we are having a right old mull over the title of Joshua 2. It was to be Ice Shock – inspired by the classic Doctor Who story Earthshock. But dang-it-all if the zeitgeist hadn’t seen to it that another children’s author got there first with a similar title.
So we are now rethinking.
Top candidates as we speak are:
GREEN ICE
PEAK ICE
DEEP ICE
and a new candidate – SHEER ICE
Feel free to have your say. Especially if you are male and under 18.
Vote at Official Joshua Files fansite:
http://www.themgharris.com/forum/showthread.php?t=293
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7 replies on “Beware of Decoys”
Hm …
ICE QUAKE ??
Frank, male (I should think so) and under 81 🙂
Ah…I should have specified the title of the other book is ICE CLAW – so we want to put ICE second, to avoid comparison/confusion.
Frank, which one sounds best auf Deutsch?
Thin Ice? lol
Sheer Ice sounds good.
Green ice might fit the cover but otherwise sounds a tad off.
Wasn’t Ice Peak a possibility a while back?
Slippery Ice ha ha.
Ice Split
Ice Hazard
Steep Ice
Tall Ice
Just some random ideas.
Lukas
I’m just a naive translator, MG, but I would not discard ICESHOCK just because of that ICE CLAW.
After all it’s THE JOSHUA FILES: ICESHOCK.
In German all the titles above would be a little, hm, strained. If asked by the publisher, I would say: Just take the ICE and add an exclamation mark.
GEHEIMAKTE JOSHUA: EIS!
But I’m just a naive translator. Thank Goddess! 🙂
Ah, I forgot:
SHEER ICE sounds pretty good, yes. I agree on Lukas with that one.
Thanks Frank and Lukas. I will add your votes.
There’s nothing in it by now – GREEN ICE, DEEP ICE and SHEER ICE each have around 20 votes from the various places where I’m running a poll.
Publishers have also suggested BLACK ICE and DARK ICE.
Personally I like DEEP ICE.
Frank – I’ve passed your thoughtful comment on to my editor…
And I’ve asked a primary school I recently visited to ask all their students aged 9-11 for their top two titles from the six…