Spam subject o' the day, and a poll.

[amanuensis1]

So the header said:

and barbell be trollop or probe and vestibule be arsenide

And I thought, I'm sure I wrote that fic.

On the same subject, have any of the rest of you have written fics because you came up with a kick-ass title and thought it deserved fic? And how many of you have a list of titles that are waiting for you to write them fic?

Spill a little for me, here. Tell me the title that you love but have realized is never going to get fic written for it, because it's lingered too long and the idea you had for it is too stale. (Don't reveal the ones you're still sitting on, or before you know it someone will have run off with it.) Mine is And Melisande, By the Water which was going to be Lucius/Hermione and has a "file created" date of January 2003, and whose "last modified" date is exactly the same.

Tell me yours! Maybe we can have a title swap. ^_^

Comments

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I struggle with titles, always. My fics usually have a stupid-sounding working title, and it almost always changes a few times during writing, sometimes literally getting finalized just before the fic is posted. The only times I have had a title that stuck early in the process was when I posted WIPs. But that was because I was literally stuck with those titles, heh.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Do you never have a title before a fic? Or a title that pops very quickly? Oh, man, I feel for you, I do. The fics that refuse to have titles until the last minute always steam me royally. "Why don't you have a title? You think you're too good for a title? What the hell is wrong with you?"