Gah! On series names (or, rather, trying to think of one)
I just read the December RT Magazine
I really need to come up with a better name for this series than “The Guardians” or whatever. God, it’s worse than trying to think of a title.
I have demon-slayer.com reserved for my use if I ever get around to creating a site for it; the name is based on a game inside the novels. It could be that. The DemonSlayers. That’s okay, only it runs the “too close to Buffy, she’s a rip-off” feeling.
Lilith’s Brood (sigh. I miss Octavia Butler)
Caelum’s … something or Warriors of Caelum or Warriors of Heaven or something (but really, that doesn’t mean anything unless you know where Caelum is, and “heaven” makes it sound a little too inspirational? And is “warriors” (or “knights” or anything like that too generic now?)) Ah, sheeeeit! Ninjas of Caelum!
The Fallen (only they kind of aren’t…not all of them…although I do play with fallen and falling in love a lot. probably too much, but it’s always important when someone falls, physically or emotionally or spiritually or whatever.)
DarkAngels? Because they have to sound all sexy and stuff, and the books are kind of dark. And bloody. But BloodAngels sounds all vampire-y. Guardians of the Blood? Sigh. And blood is really important for Guardians, and there are vampires, but I don’t want to give the wrong impression (I’ll let my books do that.) But “Dark” is done in a lot of variations, “Night” is done in a lot more….hey, I can take it to another level with a big ‘O’: Meljean’s DorkSeries
GAH! See, this is the problem. It always delves into silliness when I do this stuff.
ETA: I can’t stop.
I suppose there’s also playing with Hell and such. Like The Demon Rising series or The DemonFall series or Demon Burning series. Or the Hell Hath No Fury series.
Heh. I kind of like that, but none of my heroines are scorned.
Or souls. The Tortured Souls (Eaten in Chaos and Don’t Make a Bargain or You’ll Regret It) series.
Ooh, so bargains work, too. The DemonSex Bargainers: The I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours series. Hee.
I like caelum in a series name. So I went and “used the Google” to find out what else I could link to it. I found this hysterical description of the constellation: perhaps the most pathetic excuse for a constellation that exists.
(Hey, and all these informational constellation sites keep referring to a “birin” as an engraving tool, but it’s actually a burin. Wonder who started THAT error all over the net.) Think the engraving idea is cool, you know, as in, their fate was written kind of a thing. But to explain the connection to your books would take forever. Fun to play with though.
Instead of Touched By an Angel, you could have: Engraved by a Guardian.
Guardian Gravers of Caelum?
Engraved in the Stars?
The Caelum Four (Five?)
Chronicles of Caelum?
Caelum Follies of 2006?
Nail ‘Em, Caelum?
Kind of seriously here, how about Caelum’s Fallen. (Yeah, I know you said they aren’t all fallen, but they are all kind of linked through Caelum, yes?)
Guess I can’t top demon semen, so I’ll just quit for the night.
Suisan — I dunno, “Nail ‘Em Caelum” is close to Demon Semen… :joker:
Oh, but Chronicles reminds me about the Scrolls…hmm…