Additional titles could include: Fun with Ecclesiastes; Outside What Box?; Some Answers–More Questions; A Time for Most Things; Full of Meaninglessness; and A Guide for Non-Conformists (Group Study).
I said I might be working on a book. But what to title it? The mind fairly races with options. Here are a few:
Life’s Little (Unlikely) Instruction Book (already suggested)
Meaningless, Meaningless (already used)
Vanity, Vanity (variation on “already used”)
Life’s Little Inscrutable Instruction Book
(more telling of the contents)
Life’s BIG Inscrutable Instruction Book
(large print edition for seniors)
Ecclesiastes–The Good Parts Version (for incurable optimists)
Ecclesiastes Lite (Cliff Notes Version)
Life for Dummies (these always sell)
Life for Geninuses, Genusiness, Smart People
Will This be on the Test? (college student edition)
Life–In Which the Author takes on Various Conundrums and Ironies and Makes Observations and Declarations Starting with it (Life) Being Only Futile with Everything Having been Done Before, and Sometimes with the Bad Guys “Winning”–but Ending with the Proposition that There is a Judgement Indeed and that Things are Not so Meaningless After All and the Youth Should Take Warning (Maybe too long)
I Declare (shorter, simpler)
Well, I Declare (more colloquial)
Well, Well (more accepting)
Well, Well, Well (too deep)
Life: How To (“How To” books are always in vogue)
Life: How Not To (could be a sequel)
That’s the list to date. Let me know your favorite, including None of the Above.
(Hey, there’s another one.)
Feel free to add your own.
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Next: Ecclesiastes: My Story, Maybe Yours, Coming Monday.
Our Lives Together
Its About Life
9:26 am
How about ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ (with thanks to Eugene Peterson)?
9:38 am
How about: Life – how to make yours meaningful
9:46 am
I still like “Moore On That… “
10:48 am
to every page…turn, turn, turn.
10:54 am
How about- Been There, Done That, by King Solomon-
or-The Real Meaning Of Life-Not
11:15 am
“Turn off the vacuum or it will suck something in” housewife version
“Chasing the Wind” hipster version
“Experiencing Joy” Blackaby version
“Key to Contentment” Yuppy version
“Snicker’s Does Not Satisfy” weight loss version
“Purpose Driven living” Warren version
“Finding fulfillment” mid life crisis version
“Living Well” discipling or parenting version
“Real Men Fear God” Promise Keeper/male version
“Relationship status; Loved By God” Female version
“Joy in Every Season” suffering version
“Monologue” seeking God and finding the meaning of life
12:00 pm
Well, several of your titles came to the fore front for me Hyatt….they include:
Life for Geninuses, Genusiness, Smart People
Will This be on the Test? (college student edition)
None of the Above
Thanks for including your readers in the process!
1:49 pm
So funny– I hope your offering, and the amusing discussion which followed, become a part of the book’s preface! I think it’s going to be a best seller!
2:07 pm
I like “None of the Above.” I just like the way it sounds and how it hints at the theme—it’s not what it seems. Kinda like Ecclesiastes…initially seems depressing, but very hopeful.
2:19 pm
News flash . . . Authors rarely get to pick the final titles. Publishers and their marketing teams get that honor. Thus, my advice is stick a working title on it and move forward, my friend!
6:02 pm
That’s it! Working Title. Although I wouldn’t blame you for picking one of the other very clever suggestions, above. Especially, Moore on That.
7:03 pm
My vote’s absolutely for “Moore on That.”
Just so you know, I’m holding onto my paddle, Hyatt, for dear life hoping it will save me. There’s so much I need to learn and I’m an eager student. You are a knowledgeable teacher so willing to teach. Here we go!
7:16 pm
How about “Wisdom Regarding Meaninglessness”?
9:42 pm
Oh Wow! You all—— including you, Hyatt—— have put so much thought into this and are so amazingly clever! I am too tired tonight to even put any brain cells to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha! But I love “Moore on That” too……. That’s my vote from the tired mind of Lisa Hoyt! :) Love love
10:07 pm
Just had to add my vote. Love a lot of the titles but as many said, “Moore on That” tops them all. The double meaning and obvious limited availability (not everyone has that name) is just too irresistible.
8:12 am
Seems to me there is a lot of cleverness wrapped in the titles – but “Moore on That” floats to the top. Now when will it come onto the shelves??????????
2:31 pm
How about: “Moore or Less”
9:06 pm
“Come let us reason together” but I still like “Moore on That”
10:27 am
“Moore On That… “ sound good to me