We have a fantastic cover image, and we want a fantastic cover to go with it. To which end, we need to be able to create the cover well before November’s meeting, so… we need a title.

The numbers in brackets indicate the number of people who have voted for each particular title. But what we’re voting on now is “sets of titles.” and the numbers in each header indicate how many votes each “set” has received – not the same as how many votes titles within the set have received. Once we’ve chosen a winning set (or a couple of sets), Sheila will research variations on the titles, starting with the one that received most votes in the set, to see which titles work – e.g. which titles might be found by people looking for literary anthologies, which are only going to be seen by people seeking self-help books, and which point are found by people planning camping trips, etc. So… please look at the sets of titles below, and email admin with your favorites.

Also, please note, I’ve added a new “set” as more suggestions have come in. If you want to change your vote, just let me know!

Suggested title-sets so far (with numbers of votes so far):

• Challenge 8
  • Challenging Times (1)
  • Change and Challenge (2)
  • Writing through Challenging Times (1)
  • Challenging Moments, Threads of Hope (4)
  • Challenges Outside the Gate (1)
• Apart and Together 10
  • Coming Together, Falling apart (2)
  • Coming Together in a Time of Falling Apart (4)
  • Falling Apart – Coming Together (3)
  • Falling Apart Together (2)
  • Coming Together While Falling Apart (1)
• Journeys and Ways 6
  • Finding Our Way Through Chaos (1)
  • Making Our Way Through Chaos (1)
  • Finding Our Way (3)
  • Journey Through Chaos (7)
  • Journeys Through Chaos (3)
  • Our Heroes’ Journeys (1)
  • Journey into the Sun (2)
  • Journeys Beyond Chaos (2)
• Tribulations 1
  • Word Tribulations (1)
  • Trials and Tribu-Words (1)
  • Tribulations and Unity (1)
• Waiting 5
  • Waiting for the Smoke to Clear (4)
  • Waiting for Locusts (4)
  • Waiting While the World Falls Apart (1)
  • Waiting for Tomorrow (1)
  • Waiting for 2021 (1)
  • Waiting for the Vaccine (1)
• Quirky 8
  • Weaving with Stones (2)
  • Everything but the Locusts (3)
  • We’re Zoomed! We’re All Zoomed! (4)
  • Doom, Gloom and Zoom (1)
  • The Moon is a Friend (1)
  • Gravitating to Wholeness (2)

Comments made on these titles:

• Might be nice to end the title on a positive note
• Journeys plural represents all our journeys
• Journey echoes the writing idea of the hero’s journey, and we’re all heroes
• Waiting for Tomorrow fits with Beyond Yesterday from last year

Please add your comments and suggestions in the comments!