But it isn't based on characters as much as it is on three hurricanes making unprecedented landfall on the US.
Be careful with this. I have a book called Inish Carraig, which is the name of a prison in the book and which suits it very well. But which also leaves people scratching their heads wondering what it's all about and, I'm told, puts people off sampling it (although others tell me they picked it up because of the unusual title.) I had a meeting about it a couple of weeks ago with some people who might take the ideas in the book further and they told me, in no uncertain terms, that the title would change to reflect what the story is about (which is an alien invasion).
It's cool to have a title that relates to the book and reflects it - but it's even cooler to have one that people can look at and know what the book is about. (And, that can be unusual - my other series all have Abendau in their title, which screams speculative world stories).
But, honestly, the title of mine that seems to be going down best is my next one. It's called Waters and the Wild, from a well known poem (especially in Ireland) by WB Yeats, about changelings. People see it and the stonking cover (which it's killing not to show to the world yet, but the pretty isn't quite finished) and they know it's a book about fairies, with a female lead. It works. It sells the book. My lesson is well and truly learned. And if anything happens with Inish Carraig - side projects - the book's title would probably change and become previously published as Inish Carraig.
And now, could everyone talk me down from calling its sequel Culchies i spas.
