Why would you title your book "Sapphique" if there weren't going to be any lesbians?

[snarp]

Seriously, how did this happen? Did the publisher just have some kind of mass vocabulary failure?

I'm going to name the heroine of my YA novel Phallique. I just like the sound of those syllables, is all!

Comments

[dhara]

*crying with laughter*

[lovepeaceohana]

Also, Sapphique is a dude?

...oh this is just getting weird. The setting sounds interesting, though.

[rachelmanija]

I was not so impressed with the first book: Really grimdark, plus I can't take anything seriously that includes the non-sarcastic phrase, "Progress is banned." http://rachelmanija.livejournal.com/858671.html

[lovepeaceohana]

Grimdark isn't necessarily a dealbreaker for me, but after that review I will definitely avoid. I like my protags likeable. Moral ambiguity is great! Predictability can be comforting! But if all they're about is being assholes, no thanks.

(Snape seems to be the exception. Possibly because he is not actually a protag in canon? ide. I blame the voice.)

[jinian]

I KNOW RIGHT

The truly scary thing is, the first book was so very boring that it took me until after it was over to think, "Wait, Sapphique? Is a dude?"

oh wow

[ex_lionpyh573]

In the dark Prison of Incarceron

NOT THAT NAMES MEAN ANYTHING OR ANYTHING