According to Arun Verma at the Creative Ignition blog, writing down a working title for a book helps give a writer "a concept to start working with". If that is true, then I suppose my approach to the task of choosing a working title for my book was somewhat backwards. I developed the concept and basic storyline first, and then I chose a working title I felt expressed the concept.
After much debate, the working title I chose is Spacemouse 9 and the Mission of Doom. The main character of the story, Spacemouse 9, is a small, mouse-like alien who is a member of a military order whose mission it is to patrol space in defense of his planet. Through a fateful chain of events on one of his patrol missions, Spacemouse 9 is transported to Earth. Light years away from his planet, it is here his odyssey to find a way home begins.
I like the ring this working title has. It is along the same lines as "Indiana Jones and..." or "Harry Potter and..." and will lend itself easily to a book series should things come to that. If I have chosen well, perhaps this title will endure to become the final title of the book. With the working title chosen, now it is time to get some writing done!
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