Hooray! We have a new book title! My original title was "Oedipus Wrecks." I thought this was clever but my agent, and more important, my publisher, didn't like it too much. You might think that an author can title her own book, but no, the title is in the hands of the publisher, and evidently it has much to do with the marketing plan.
After they rejected "Oedipus Wrecks" the publisher came back with "Mothers and Sons." This didn't do much for me - it seems a bit blah, and didn't tell you much about what the book was about. The subtitle was: "Strengthening the Ties, Defending the Bond." Eh. I expressed my lack of enthusiasm for this one and my editor and I agreed to brain storm for better ideas.
I was working on the revisions when I came to one of my chapter titles - "The Mama's Boy Myth." It suddenly struck me that this would be a great title. I ran it by my editor who ran it by the sales team who loved it. So, a new title is born. "The Mama's Boy Myth" it will be! Now, we are working on subtitles. I like, "Keeping Our Sons Close, Raising Healthy Men." But stay tuned....
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