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Would it be unethical, when a book was 'sitting in the warehouse, as you metioned, to send it out to other publishers?  Then if they agree to publish it, you could buy back the rights, knowing you have another outlet.

Although I can't imaging them doing something like this...  I would think they want good relations with their authors.  So far I have had nothing but positive experiences.   We will see.    I may never write anything else, so I can always just say, "that was fun" and move on.

Maybe I should send them my dissertation and give them first rights of refusal on that?  

That is interesting...

Yeah, my book actually isn't LDS themed.  I wrote it from a generic perspective, it's just about what normal kids do over the course of a summer.  There is not mention of church or anything outside of 'on Sundays we went to church'.  A Baptist could pick it up and relate to it.

When I sent it to Covenant, they brought this up, and asked if I couldn't make it more LDS.  I hesitated to do that because I thought the message of the book applies to everybody, and I didn't want to make it over 'Mormonesque' just for the sake of doing it.

Anyway, I thought about re-writing it and throwing in all sorts of LDSisms, but finally opted to write an introduction that involved the main character comparing the family on his family home evening manual, to his actual family.  It's about two pages, and that was the only change I made.  I sent it back and Covenant accepted it.  So I'm telling all my non-Mormon friends to buy it, skip the introduction, and they won't be confused.  

John Bytheway is really Dew's assistant?

For some reason I find that funny and disturbing at the same time.

My brothers and I came up with a variation on Uno that we dubbed, "contact uno" and is very fun to play.  I'll have to dig up the rules...

Thanks for the welcome EUOL...  Glad to be here...

Yeah, in the book the family has 7 boys, but it's based loosely on my family, that ended up with 10 boys (and a girl).  I was the second oldest and didn't have a sister until I was 18.  It was a wild, wild, ride.  

And if my wife ever agrees to move into a Teepee with me, and leave the mortgage, the utility bills, and indoor plumbing behind, I think I could support a family on my writing.  Beans, wheat, and rat meat are cheap...

It's fiction.  It's a humorous look at a family with 7 boys, and their adventures one summer.  

The purpose of the title, since nobody is going to know my name, is to at least try to get somebody to stop and take a second look.  Or maybe pick it up.  The title is actually used by a character in my book, though it’s not prominent.  I was aiming for something that people would walk by, stop, and return just to make sure they hadn't misread.

I’m not really sold on the title they picked, but don’t think I have any options, other than throw an unproductive fit.

I'm pretty new here, and only know a few of you.  I have a book coming out in June and I just found out what the title is going to be (the publishers rejected my original suggestion).

I guess the committee put my title in their market research, but it didn't score well.  So, what title do you prefer?

Chickens in the Headlights
Chickens Don't Have Armpits

Of course if you pick theirs, I'll have to slink out of here with my tail between my legs...