Some people seem to have a gift for titles. I’m not one of them. I struggle to find appropriate titles.
In the DUAL MAGICS series so far:
THE SHAMAN’S CURSE fits that story well. The shaman tries to curse Vatar, but equally, the shaman’s obsession with vengeance curses him.
THE VOICE OF PROPHECY was originally THE IGNORED PROPHECY. Both fit the story pretty well. The new title hopefully does a better job of telling the reader what kind of story they’re going to get.
BEYOND THE PROPHECY is just so-so. The characters at least feel that the prophecy is now behind them (when, really, they’ve just survived the triggering event.) I suppose I have time for inspiration to strike. It wouldn’t be too hard to change the cover.
The last book in the series is right now known by the highly original title of . . . Book 4. Ideas I’ve had so far:
- The Price of Magic
- Magic’s Price
- Magic’s Warrior
- Warrior of Magic
- Paladin (or Champion) of Magic
- War of Magic
- War Magic
- Magic Paladin
None of them are so far striking me as anything close to perfect. I’d like to have at least a best guess by the time I publish BEYOND THE PROPHECY in (hopefully) September so I can use it for the teaser excerpt. We’ll see.
Meredith Mansfield, Author 
I personally like The Price of Magic, or Warrior of Magic but without knowing what the book contains it is hard to say. You could also save Beyond the Prophecy for book 4 and find a new title for book 3.
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Thanks for the input.
Beyond the Prophecy actually fits the third book better than the fourth, I think.
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When is Beyond the Prophecy being released???
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Right now, if nothing drastic happens in the meantime, the plan is for September. I haven’t got a specific date yet. I’ll hope to have the pre-order up in August.
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