My Title Was Stolen!

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I have to change the title of my next book.

For anyone who follows the BCTS Patreon, Erin's been posting chapters of a story I was writing -- Double Date Dare -- over there for quite a while. There was a hiatus for a bit, but I recently finished the story, and re-wrote it for publication through Doppler.

Except there's a problem.

See, since I started posting chapters of the story, *another* trans fic author -- of erotica, no less -- has used my beloved story title for a book of their own.

A few things:

1. They published their book in March. The first chapters of Double Date Dare went up on BC's Patreon last year, almost a year ago in fact. So, I had the title first, neener neener.

2. For anyone who might have mistakenly purchased the book on Amazon thinking it was my story... A) hope you enjoy it, and B) no. A couple of names are close, a bit annoyingly so, but it's a thoroughly different story in execution it looks like (I haven't read it.)

3. I fully suspect that this is a matter of pure circumstance and not active thievery. It's annoying, especially given the timing, but I won't attribute to avarice what may just be correlation. It's a good title after all: anyone who thought it up would be silly not to use it, and I'd STILL use it if it weren't for the fact the other book's also TG but *also* pornographic in nature.

So, all of that leaves me with an issue: I need a new title, and fast. I've already turned in the formatted and edited volume to Erin for pubbing, we've got a cover, etc.

Erin has suggested Double Dare Date, which would certainly work, and easily fit... but it's still awful close, and might still lead to both confusion and issues.

Because of all this, I'm putting out an open call for title ideas! Think it should be called Double Dare Date? Lemme know.

Think I should say 'eff 'em' and stick with Double Date Dare? I'm all ears.

You want it to be called 'Baron Fancypants' Adventures through Time and Space?' A bit out there, not sure what it has to do with a silly teen romance plot ostensibly set in the real world, but hey, I'll think about it.

Basically, I want y'all's help, because this has me a little bummed out and a *lot* annoyed.

Melanie E.

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