10 Feb 2013
Duals and Donovans update:
The novel formerly known as Shaman’s Seduction is now Cougar’s Courage. The other books in the series feature the shifter characters in the title, and now this one matches. It took a while to wrap my head around the title change, but now I like it.
Editorial and marketing changes are part and parcel of being a genre fiction writer. One’s work is art, but it’s also product. Aesthetic considerations are important, but so are marketing considerations. Either title fits the story. Either title is catchy. I admit I liked the original title a bit better, simply because both main characters are shamans and it conveys the mutuality of the relationship–they are very much equals sexually and both are, at various times, the seducer or the seduced. But my editor explained several good reasons why featuring the shifter aspect in the title made sense, and I couldn’t argue with the logic.
So, Cougar’s Courage it is–because not only is Jack brave facing his enemies, he needs every bit of courage he can muster to make things work with his tough, but wounded heroine.
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