Last night, I asked for a dream to help me title my dream fiction collection/series. I was going to call it 90 Dark Degrees. Like Armoured Car, which is what I call the publishing part of this enterprise, 90 Dark Degrees is from the poem Sleeping Standing Up by Elizabeth Bishop. It's about the power of dreams to transport us. And it has dark overtones relating to the Second World War and the Nazis too, not unlike many of my dreams. I created an email address based on ninety dark degrees. I designed a logo and everything. But, while I like the darker dreams and turning those into stories, it's not all about horror. I need to get away from misconceptions that leave me feeling like a fraud, and that might turn off or disappoint readers. I love my horror roots. And I write dark, but not that dark. So, I'm looking for a new title. Since it's dream-based fiction, it seems reasonable to have a dream-based title. In my lucid dream diary, I wrote: "What shall I title my dream fiction series?" Response/Interpretation One That night, I dreamt I was performing an exercise in French textbook. I had to group like words together. Which gave me the idea that this is a good place to start. I used to do it sometimes when writing poetry.
The Call of the Void Regarding the French component, I followed the suggestion and read a blog post Google pushed my way called: "Nine French phrases that English really should have too." L'appel du vide spoke to me. It translates as the call of the void or the call from the void. Also known as the high place phenomenon, it's that feeling you get when you're high up and start to think about jumping. You may not be seriously interested in breaking your legs or committed to dying that second, but nonetheless, the voice starts whispering and there's a tug. As a title, The Call of the Void sounded good at first, but I think:
So this might be the title of one book out of several. Or it might be a signpost that leads to other titles and other ideas. I've brushed up on my dream incubation techniques to generate more suggestions from dreams and to learn to read them better. If you have any thoughts about The Call of the Void as a title or if you have other ideas about titles, I'd love to hear them. Email me or leave a comment. It will make a difference. Response/Interpretation Two
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