{"id":2383,"date":"2019-05-01T09:09:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2019-05-02T05:06:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T12:06:03","slug":"help-choose-a-book-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Help Choose a Book Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x150121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikebellah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mb_color_bestyearsblog-150x150121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2281\" \/><\/a>You can copyright books but not book titles. So, theoretically, I could title my book <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>, or <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em>. And I would get exactly 0 readers.<\/p>\n<p>But titles do make a difference. Research shows that good ones get a second look. A reader might peer at the promotional copy on the book\u2019s cover or, better still, peek inside to see the Forward or Table of Contents.<\/p>\n<p>So I need help. Following are some ideas. I need you to scan these and respond with the two or three you like. Also, you can suggest something original\u2014you know, something really cool: Pride, Prejudice and Retirement; The Time Traveler&#8217;s Retirement; The Retirement Whisperer? (See why I need your help.)<\/p>\n<p>Here they are:<br \/>\n1. It Takes a Dream: Discovering the Secret to a Happy Retirement<\/p>\n<p>2. It Takes a Dream: The Key to a Happy Retirement Is Not in Your Bank<\/p>\n<p>3. It Takes a Dream: Why the Key to a Happy Retirement Is Not in Your Bank<\/p>\n<p>4. It Takes a Dream: The Key to a Happy Retirement Will Cost You Nothing<\/p>\n<p>5. The Secret to a Happy Retirement, Hint: It\u2019s Not More Money<\/p>\n<p>6. How to Make Your Retirement Dreams Come True<\/p>\n<p>7. How to Make Your Retirement Dreams Come True, Even If You\u2019re Short on Savings<\/p>\n<p>8. It\u2019s Not Too Late to Make Your Retirement Dreams Come True<\/p>\n<p>9.The Best Is Yet to Be: Discovering the Secret of a Creative, Happy Retirement<\/p>\n<p>10. The Best Is Yet To Be: How to Have a Happy, Creative Retirement<\/p>\n<p>11. Retire Retirement. And Live Your Dream!!<\/p>\n<p>12. Retire Dangerously. And Live Your Dream!!<\/p>\n<p>13. Surviving the Retirement Crisis: How I Failed Retirement but Found My Dream<\/p>\n<p>*Thanks for your help. Work on the book cover begins next week so I&#8217;ve got to select the title soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can copyright books but not book titles. So, theoretically, I could title my book To Kill a Mockingbird, or Gone with the Wind. And I would get exactly 0 readers. But titles do make a difference. Research shows that good ones get a second look. A reader might peer at the promotional copy on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikebellah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}