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Speaking of... where's the next chapter?

My last comment got me googling his boss. I got an obituary. The editing house had a rule you weren't allowed to the name of the person working on your manuscript. So this person stayed faceless for a good 18 months of communication (Email wasn't a thing back then - we killed a lot of trees).  I will likely never find him, but I've added the search to my list of life quests (Including being allowed into Las Vegas), so you never know

Poor Jaylene

I sleep 1- 2 hrs a night. I'll drop off long before you.

o dear

It was a liquid nitrogen river in which one of the villains met a "chilling" demise

Norm: You should see my prologue. It has K's influence all over it.
njc: (runs screaming from the Prologue)
K: follows the pleasant sound of a screaming reader throwing a book at a wall. Smiles.

Hmm if you're targeting a demographic for this reason alone, it's probably more of a hindrance than a benefit.

I tend to hover in the background and find creative ways to thin people's casts. Chapter one's are easy... have it so your group isn't assembled yet. I got my group together in chapter 14. I think Amy took an entire book to get hers assembled.

-K.

Don't make me get out the cattle prod again

Add some GRR Martin. Half the cast is dead by chapter 5

I think you finally have one I can't pick apart. I mentally toyed with dropping the word unholy, but "Trinity Unleashed" is a book I'd expect to see on a bishop's desk. Thus, I believe you have it best in its current form.

The Spartan example doesn't quite match. Imagine that "The Battle of Thermopylae" was actually "The last battle of Leonitas". Not a big deal - I'd still watch a movie with a title like that. But I'd watch it with certain expectations that might rob the ending of some of its impact.

I concede lots of titles predict their endings (Death of a Salesman? Knight Fall? Empire Strikes Back?). Even Last Unicorn helps guide me to the ending where we find out she's anything but the last.