Hi, I am writing a fantasy novel about witches and vampires. It is a fairly dark book, not with happy little elves running around J
Plot: The book is about a girl named Lily who has just escaped from a school that trains witches from birth to be cold-blooded killers. She meets a young man and begins to fall in love with him but then realizes that he is a vampire and that she has been trained to kill him her whole life. The young man sees her eyes (they are violet, the sign of a witch) and begins to attack her. Lily doesn’t fight back because she feels that she deserves it and she lets him bite her (she becomes sort of a half-vampire, she is only a vampire at night and she bites herself rather than hurt anymore innocent people) So then a Master at the school that she just escaped from tries to kill the vampire and Lily throws herself in front of him and gets injured really badly. She collapses and William (the vampire) pulls her into her arms and kisses her because she just saved his life. When she wakes up he is gone and she is entirely alone and injured in the forest. While traveling she is attacked by the witches and saved by a human girl names Holly who takes Lily back to her cottage and introduces her to her grandfather, Aldrin, who is a with who escaped just like Lily had many years before. Aldrin trains Lily and takes Lily in almost as a second granddaughter. One day while in the market Lily is spotted by a group of vampires who trick her into putting bracelets on her wrists that prevent her from doing any magic. They then take her to a horrible jail where she remains for several years. William eventually comes back (I’m not saying how, haha) and breaks Lily out of jail. Lily knows that he has a girlfriend as she sees him kissing her and their relationship is cold and distant, filled with many icy silences and snappy remarks. William takes her to a secret place where a group of vampires are gathering to begin discussing forming an army to overthrow the witches. The vampires hate Lily (for obvious reasons) but do begin to trust her as she trains them to kill witches most efficiently. The war begins and…That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry for the confusing summary
Titles: I want the title to be something dark and mysterious, something that will catch someone’s eye and make them intrigued. Emphasis on the dark aspect, as I said before this is not a happy book. I don’t want the title to be clever, cute, or witty or anything like The Adventures of or The Tales of…I have temporarily called my novel the Violet Eyes but am not entirely satisfied with it. I have also considered Windows to the Soul but am not sure about that one either. A title that hints that she is a witch, evil, or can do magic would be nice. Please don’t tell me to wait to finish the book to name it because this is just to get my creative juices flowing.
Twilight: This book has nothing to do with Twilight. Just because it involves a vampire and forbidden love doesn’t automatically make it a Twilight knock off. Besides, I started writing this long before I’d read Twilight. (RANDOM FACT: Lily’s original name was Bella after Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter who I used a the foundation of Lily’s character. I wrote the first chapter as her being Bella and then outlined the next three chapters also as her being Bella and then forgot about the book. By the time I picked it up again I had read Twilight and knew that I could no longer call her Bella. Phooey, I liked that nam) By the way, William is not the perfect Edward, he has his flaws, and Lily and Bella could hardly be more opposite. So yes, PLEASE do not even mention Twilight.
Thank you all so much for reading my hectic summary and helping you with my title. I really appreciate it J Please give as many suggestions as you can. Oh and don’t post something if you don’t really mean it, that just waists time and makes me angry.
Oh, I forgot to mention, William’s girlfriend has white blonde hair and Lily has ink black, they are fairly different in personalities, though both are rather cold and uncaring. William has emerald eyes and the piano is a key theme in the book. I include many scenes with Holly, Lily, and William playing. Just some random stuff to maybe inspire some titles. Oh, and if you want to you could include the cover that you envision in your head, just for kicks. Again, thanks!
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“The death of what used to be” —lily spent her whole life training to kill vampires, but now she has become some mutant half witch half vampire, her whole life must change drastically. I’m asuuming she can no longer see her friends or family and must now live as an outcast between the two worlds. That is, until finally going against everything she has learned to help her enemys at birth kill her people. It’s dark, mysterious and catches my attention.
EDIT- oh and for a cover, maybe have a picture of her dying in prison, very dark colors, knees hugged to her chest, against the wall, head hung low, dark hair falling in face, perhaps her violet eyes glimmering with tears.
Also, other names: “The death of yesterday”,”A lifetime of loss” “Forever regret”
Good luck, I really like the sound of your story and would love to read it someday.
Crossed Retributions
I hope, as a fellow writer, I could help!
or just
Retribution
I just like that word right now.
Shades of Violet
The book cover can be really dark with just hints of two violet eyes starig at the reader…
I’m not very good at titles but how about:
Of Lillies And Remains
My Vampire
Violet Tears
A Fang And A Prayer
Beyond The Pale
Night Shift
You’re Lost Little Girl
BTW some of the names are song titles but pretty obscure so i’d doubt that matters.
I hope it helps!
Edit:
I think the cover should be black with just a huge pair of violet eyes.