How do you come up with a good book title? Why are titles important? I'm sharing the art/science behind titles, lots of genre-specific examples, and my top tips for how to brainstorm and pick good titles

00:00 Introduction
01:11 Titles as marketing
02:04 Researching title trends in your genre
05:18 Word function & word play
07:04 Title examples
16:45 Word brainstorm/brain dump
19:15 Putting it all together
21:06 Titling a series
22:15 Making sure your title hasn't been used (within reason)
24:37 Song lyrics as titles



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