Not just because I thought the word sounded interesting once and might match the book slightly.įinally, I landed-by God’s grace-on Unworthy. Because like any author, I wanted my title to match the book in some way. Because what is the point of calling it that? Yes, my characters are a little wacked (it does fit Evgeny a little bit, sometimes), but Untamed? Obviously, when I came back to this book to publish it, I decided that was not a good title. But wow, it’s so sleek and flashy and dramatic.Īnd cringey.

So back when I wrote this book – early 2019 – I landed on a name. (Unhelpful, right? Ooh, there’s a title!) (Yeah, that’s a crazy author talking.) My poor family has gone through so many of these un- words with me, and I reject the majority of them. Wow, shocking, right? I feel like I’m not the first-nor the last-person who has done this! But anyway,it’s helpful for me, because I’m limited to all of the un- words in existence.Īnd to be honest, some of those un- words just naturally push themselves out of the running-usually if they sound weird or not dramatic enough. As is probably obvious at this point, all of them are one word that starts with the prefix un. Thankfully, I put few safeguards around me for this series, so I had limited options. And whenever you write a book and plan to publish it, said book needs a name.Ĭue the panic and desperate brain-wracking. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty terrible at naming things.

Unworthy by Vanessa Hall