[stylist] "A deafblind girl" or "Dragons and Dumans"

[Barbara Hammel]

I like A Gift Of Flight.
There are two ways--I think)--that people would look if they saw the title A 
Deafblind Girl.  They'd either think that she must be like superwoman to 
have someone write a book about her, or they'd figure that deafblind means 
stupid so who'd want to read that book.  That's the bad thing about humans 
and their stupid prejudices and stereotypes.
A Gift Of Flight was just the kind of fanciful name I was trying to think 
of.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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Subject: [stylist] "A deafblind girl" or "Dragons and Dumans"

> I am thinking of changing the title of "The deafblind girl" to something 
> else.
>
> A deafblind girl (let me knowif you want to keep the original title)
> Dragons and Dumans (it was originally called Squib before I decided to
> scrap the word Squib and replacing it with 'Duman' which also
> describes someone from a witch family who can't work magic. It's also
> sent in a country run by dragons.
> The gift of flight: The dragons have an obsession of making mankind
> airborne plus flight has another meaning. Nadia spends a lot of this
> book escaping her mother so the title sort of has a double meaning. I
> think the 3rd title might work best but I'll keeep it as a Deafblind
> girl while I send sample chapters to avoid confusing anyone.
>
> Please let me know which title you prefere.
>
> Helene
>
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