ditto that! and... stop thinking series and start writing a book that's so good your publisher will want more...
to do what?... promote your books before you write them? or do you mean that's what your series will be and you're not writing books?
Well, I had originally written it in the form of a screenplay. So, I've been converting it into a book. I'm not having too much trouble, though. Just the parts after them talking...
The planet is a forest planet, mixture of Endor, a tropical rainforest, and a fairy tale forest (without the pumpkins and singing birds and stuff). The species is kind of a fox/old 50's alien (weird combination, I know).
Naming is fun. My tip: Don't make the names TOO fitting to the point where it's cliche. In other words, naming a goth girl Raven or naming a hunter Hunter or naming an emo poet guy Edgar Allen is not a good move. In general, I prefer shorter and more normal names to 5-syllable, otherwordly-sounding names. It doesn't mean you have to go with a common name, but something that will be easy for readers to remember.
so lets see old Scots for fox is Tod, and maybe use a 50s name or association with it say - Todlon I know it is naff lol need longer to think about it What about Xylem for the planet?
Love the planet name, It even looks more sci fi because of the x but i think I'm gonna go with Volpinon, Maltese translation of fox.
much better lol Xylem is the water transport system in vascular plants. Phloem is the food. Your name for fox is much better - it may now be useful to raid the Maltese language and traditions for other names. I called my planet Litae after the three daughters of Zeus who cleaned up the world. My planet is the eternal/internal organs of the universe cleansing the energy that passes through the universe through conduits that according to legend carry a small insect like a firefly which works like a blood cell for energy lol it is a bit nuts but the name works.
I like Xylem a lot. Really, naming is something that should take the least amount of agony. (But just to let you in on a secret: I'm awful at naming. I've given myself ten whole months, and I still haven't gotten my fourteen + character names down pat. ) What you've got so far sounds great.
Thanks for the names and support, if you have anymore ideas for cities, underground bunkers, etc., feel free to post.
It is hard without knowing too much about them - I usually take my characters from behindthename website use the random renamer. Just keep the culture the same for each race. only ones I am sort making up are my fire people. I use names that mean something that fit the person and I like the look of like Angus, Socrates, Tom, Gilbert, Kazuto, Tola, Phirun etc Then for places I look at them what are they like - then I use something that works with them like Litae for the planet, old names for countries - Scotia, Moravia etc or tweak something Mediteranea. Small villages like Covesea, Culbin and Burghead have been used. My main town is by the sea so very boringly it became Seatown lol
I need a title for my book, but I can't think of one. The book has a lot of fighting, humanoid dragons and guns. Any suggestions would be nice.
It's going to be hard to suggest a title without knowing a lot more about it. The title should, to my mind, have some deeper bearing on the story itself. Just knowing that there is a fighting, dragon-humanoids, and guns isn't a lot to go on...
OK then. The book is about a boy about my age (15) finding who he truly is in a world where anything goes.
Things such as themes, artefacts, character names, or vital but non-spoilerific plot points are useful as titles, as are locations.
Titles are always made from the contents of the book. A few examples: White Fang by Jack London - was about a wolf that came to be known as White Fang. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - About a child named Harry Potter and the quest to find the Sorcerer Stone and protect it from He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named (Couldn't remember the spelling of his name so I just went with the second best thing) Anyways, I've never come across a book that has a title that doesn't come from the contents of the story. True there are some titles that isn't an exact thing from the book, but they still come from the book itself. So look into your book, pull out some ideas and see where it goes. When doing so though, try to find something that's key to the story and plot, but doesn't give away the book and everything in it.
Think about the theme of the novel, your characters, the conflicts your characters go through, the setting, etc. Maybe think of a quote that someone said that you can pull your title from. Many things make a title, and try to think of it yourself.
Finish the book first, and worry about the title later. For now you could just use "Untitled 1" or something similar. More often than not I've changed my title after finishing a story.
