Welcome to the You Were Made for Me Blog Tour!
To celebrate the release of You Were Made for Me by Jenna Guillaume on April 1st, blogs across the web are featuring original content from Jenna, as well as 10 chances to win the hardcover!
10 Terrible Titles that Might Have been for You Were Made for Me
by Jenna Guillaume
Book titles are incredibly important—and really, really hard to nail. When I started writing You Were Made for Me, it was called “Untitled Weird Sciencey Thing”. Obviously that was only a temporary option!
There are many methods for choosing a title. A lot of authors will skim through their work trying to find phrases or words that stand out. There is even a meme version where authors stop at random spots in their manuscript to find “terrible titles”. Using this method, here are 10 terrible titles that might have been for You Were Made for Me:
- I Was Suddenly Overcome
- And A Peachy Butt
- You’re Not the Boss in This House
- The Naked Guy Took A Step Forward
- She Had No Idea
- Theo’s Dimples Were Showing
- Quick, Run Over That Old Woman
- He’s Going to Take Your Mouth Virginity
- We Actually Made A Boy
- Tell Me More About That Rectum Thing
Whew. Those are some truly terrible titles. Although I am partial to “And A Peachy Butt”. It certainly would stand out on bookshelves…
Anyway, I promise those sentences all make much more sense in context in the book. And no old women are harmed at all—although Theo’s dimples show a lot.
In the end, You Were Made for Me was a title my agent came up with. I was thrilled—not only because it’s better than any I had come up with (including the above truly terrible ones), it’s also perfect for the book. Made for it, you might even say. Ahem.
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Blog Tour Schedule:
3/29 - BookhoundsYA
3/30 - Book Briefs
3/31 - Novel Novice
4/1 - The Fandom
4/2 - YA Book Nerd
4/5 - Randomly Reading
4/6 - Crossroad Reviews
4/7 - The Young Folks
4/8 - A Dream Within a Dream
4/9 - I'm All Booked Up
“Plenty of early 2000s rom-com vibes and lighthearted mishaps… Guillaume’s cinematic story weaves together beloved romantic comedy tropes touched with magic—or is it science?—and drops them into a fresh, contemporary setting. Despite the playful tone, this isn’t without nuance, taking on serious topics such as male body image, friendship, and asexuality.” —Booklist
YA author Jenna Guillaume is back with a fun and modern feminist twist on the 1985 pop cult film Weird Science.
Sixteen-year-old Katie Camilleri can’t believe she’s accidentally created a teenage boy. A boy six-feet tall with floppy hair and eyes like the sky on a clear summer’s day. A boy whose lips taste like cookie dough and whose skin smells like springtime. A boy completely devoted to Katie. But silly musings and kitchen antics with her best friend, Libby, have definitely taken a whimsical twist into something bigger than Katie could have ever daydreamed. Turns out the consequences of fumbling a human being into existence are rather complicated. More importantly, does Guy, the golden Adonis Katie’s created, like her because he wants to, or because he has to? And will he be Katie’s very first kiss?
From the author of What I Like About Me comes a hilarious feminist twist on a classic narrative, loaded with laughs, mishaps, and plenty of 80s and 90s pop-culture callbacks. Jenna Guillaume’s entertaining romantic comedy novel features a humorous and relatable voice and will appeal to fans of Jenny Han.
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About the Author: Jenna Guillaume was the editor-at-large for BuzzFeed Australia, where she wrote about very important things like pop culture, identity, feminism, social media, and Chris Hemsworth's biceps. Previously, she spent more than half a decade in the features department of Girlfriend magazine, editing the sealed section (yes, all those questions are real), and writing about everything from bullying and body image to bad kisses and boy bands. She was also a contributor to Girlfriend Life Hacks, an essential guide to navigating a girl's completely-awkward-but-totally-awesome teen years.
GIVEAWAY
- 1 winner will receive a finished copy of You Were Made for Me
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- Ends 11:59pm ET on 4/18
I want to see West Side Story remade with a modern twist.
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