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Title problems

GuffyowlGuffyowl
edited June 2011 in - Writing Problems
I am writing a crime novel, its the second in a series. It is based on a drug dealer that uses children to deliver his gear and also to ocllect money. It starts with a 12 year old girl waking and going to scholl as normal, when she gets to scholl a 17year old lad is waiting for her. As she walks up to him, she takes a kitchen knife from her clarinet case and repeatably stabs him killing him. The police have to investigate and find a stream of youngster being used in this way however known of them know who they are working for as all information is given to them through socialnetworking sites. My title favorite title at teh moment is 'In the shadows of his children'. any other suggestions would be gratefully received.

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  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    edited June 2011
    Not sure about using the word 'children' in the title.

    But my first alternative is 'Suffer the little children'. Not sure if that's been used before. It is OK to use the same title that someone else has used, but it's not a good idea if their book is already famous.

    Something using the work 'network(ing)'? 'Anti-social network(ing)'?

    Or 'play'?

    Or a synonym for drugs?
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    I think the anti-social networking was a Talkback thread title!
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Suffer+the+little+children

    Books with the title 'Suffer the Little Children'.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Something incorporating the word 'running'?
  • GuffyowlGuffyowl
    Thanks Jay, I was thinking of using the social networking angle however the story is more about this faceless criminal that hides behind the children he uses to do his dirty work. Each of these children/teenagers has a secret he knows that becomes the reason he can get them to do the work in first place.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Not really appropriate, but Black E-mailing?
  • heatherheather
    Faceless?

    (almost a bit of a play on Facebook too, though not sue-ably such!)
  • boredrobotsboredrobots
    Facecrook!
  • BillBill
    The Net.

    The children are caught like fish...in The Net.
    Organisation through The Net.
    Anonimity "
    Trapped in "
    etc

    It is short. Evocative. Intriguing. It speaks.

    just a thought...
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Like it, Bill.
  • SilentTonySilentTony
    Nah it needs to be more aligned to Faginism and the puppet master if anything.

    'Pocket Full of Shadows'

    Something like that anyhow. Playing on the picking of pockets, the shadow master and also the collection of kids for criminal gain.
  • JennymfJennymf
    How about Shadow Hawkers
  • WebboWebbo
    I thought puppetmaster-y type things too ST. I also very much like The Net and Facecrook though! What about The Web Master?
  • JennymfJennymf
    How about (The) Faceless Shadows
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Cliff Richard and the ... (Sorry.)
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    [quote=Jay Mandal]Cliff Richard and the ... (Sorry.) [/quote]
    That would be Spliff Richard, Jay.

    The Net Weaver?
    Spider, Spider?
    The Chain Dancers?
  • JennymfJennymf
    [quote=Jay Mandal]Cliff Richard and the ... (Sorry.)[/quote] The Faceless Shadows that's quite clever Jay I like
    How about
    Tarnished Innocents
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