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Maud Goes to Arland’s Planet

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We are moving so we may not be online starting Saturday.  We hope that internet access will be restored early next week, but you never know.  While we are gone, the lady above needs a title for her novella, in which she and her daughter will be going to Arland’s home planet to meet his mom, thwart political plots, and generally kick butt. You have from now until we come back to think of a cool title.

The winner of the title will receive a collector edition of Innkeeper Chronicles, which includes previous titles of Clean Sweep, Sweep in Peace, and One Fell Sweep.

We would like to keep the Sweep theme in the title, but if you think of something else that’s brilliant, go for it.  If you read a title you like in the comments, please comment with +1, so we will know which titles are popular.  We will gather ten favorites and let you vote on the title you like the best.

See you next week.  We hope.

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  1. My suggestion is: Second Sweep.

    This is Maud’s second chance at love and a life that she adores with the man and people she has chosen.
    Good luck moving. May it go quickly and may your internet be hooked up promptly!

  20. I know it doesn’t quite fit the Sweep theme but I saw it and thought, Hard Vaccum.

    As I think Maud’s life is hard and the vacuum of the politics for all things good.

    So there is try my title

  22. One Fell Sweep? Fell, as in terrible, great, terrifying. Not: I fell help (although, help, he/she swept me off my feet and I fell in love!!!- teehee)

    • I was so excited I forgot the title! “Blood Sweep”

      I’m not sure it makes sense but there you have it.

      May the moving gods watch over you!

      • +1

        I was so excited I forgot the title! “Blood Sweep”

        I’m not sure it makes sense but there you have it.

        That was going to be my suggestion as well. :p “Blood sweep” is a medical term for checking a patient for external bleeding. So there would be multiple meanings to such a title, on top of the vampire theme. I think that would work very well with the theme and also sound suitably badass.

  33. “Swept Under the Rug” or “Swept Under”….. Honestly, my first gut instinct was “Why Me?” Lol, but trying to keep the sweep theme. Good luck on your move!

  39. How about “Sweeping Victory”?

    I was trying to come up with something battle-related, and that one just hopped out at me.

  40. Cleansing The Way.

    Pranic Sweep (references to both healing and release of pain, but admittedly esoteric)

  47. Sweep in space

    Because there was that picture and a different planet, not sure how much of the action would actually be in space though

  49. “Swept Away” – for keeping the sweep theme, and Arland is taking Maud to his home so it fits that. But I also was thinking about the political aspects you mentioned and came up with “Strange Bedfellows” both from the political idiom and for the fact that from the outside it probably seems like a odd pairing.

  62. Sweep hard (like in die hard – I like Maud as a female yippie-kay-yay mother****** type. The next one (because there must be a Maud (and Helen)) series could be sweep hard with a vengeance.

    Okay, that was bad.

  73. Can’t lie, my first thought was Maude goes to Mars.

    (or Maud’s First Sweep Over)

    Sweeping Dreams

    I also like Maude Sweeps the Board (because really, we know she is going to sweep them all away)

    The Bitter and the Sweep

  80. It’s a little long, but it seems to fit…

    Sweep Them Off Their Feet

    and I have no doubt Maude will do just that. =)

  83. Clean Sweep

    Not sure if that’s been mentioned. I get the impression that Maude and Helen will kick butt on all fronts.

  102. Home sweep home

    She and kiddo deserve one. It just made need some adjusting and clean up first. 🙂

  114. “Sweep in Honor” – since Maud’s husband was kicked out of his House and by extension so were Maud and Helen

    Or if you’re going to have other Maud books or “world of” books (Dina and Maud’s parents’ story!), then you could do a comparable theme. “Dirt Devil” came to mind first, but I can’t think of too many other titles with dirt in the name.

  121. Black Sweep (like black sheep – also I’m posting these individually so if people like they can vote for one at a time, not trying to spam! And sorry if any are repeats.)

  122. Home Sweep Home (sweet)
    A Sweep Prize (sweet)
    A Price Too Sweep (steep)
    The Black Sweep (sheep)
    Sweep Nothings (sweet)

  127. The Cleaner(s) ( or a variation thereof ) – like the old western The Searchers. Because she doesn’t have a broom but does get stuff done ( ha! Cleans up the mess! ).

    Could continue it ( more Maude! ) with
    –
    The Clean Bunch
    A fistful of clean
    Unclean
    Clean River
    High Clean

  142. I like the idea of a tense change for the different main character…

    Sweeping Out
    Sweeping Up – or Sweeping Up Appearances
    Sweeping In

  172. Sweep Stakes
    The House Always Wins
    Conquering the Marshall
    Who’ll Sweep Whom
    Warrior’s Courtship
    The Marshall’s Courtship
    This Sweep will Last Forever

  176. Sweeping lasts a night. Or just sweeping for a night. I think of Maude as a widow who may weep for a night. But joy comes in the morning.

  180. I really like Swept Away. But I feel like “sweep” is much more of a Dina thing. Dina, with her broom, her inn, her words, her magic, gently (or forcefully if the need arises) sweep things away or into order. But Maud has never been described as gentle when handling issues and she always seems to prefer the direct hands on approach as plan A (the revenge at Karhari, kool-aid, joining the fight on the ground at the last draziri battle, etc) So keeping with a clean theme, but with a rougher, no nonsense, more hands on twist, my nomination is

    Scour Away

  201. How about “Sweepless Knights”

    If it was already mentioned, my apologies. I haven’t looked through all 350 comments yet!

  202. Sweep the Enemy Away
    Dangerous Sweeping
    Sweep in Danger
    The Enemy Sweeps
    To Sweep For You
    A Sweep Full of Danger

  210. Star Sweep
    Sweep in Steel
    Power Sweep

    These are the ones I came up with! Thank you for the opportunity!!

  218. Royal(e) Sweep

    and before my brain could stop it I thought of Sweep in Space…. haha. Which sounds so silly!

  225. Swept Away (any communist characters? wealthy noblewomen?) It may be the Berlusconi-like character we hear all about right now in the WH–but I couldn’t resist.

  229. I know you said that sweep doesn’t have to be in the title, so I’ll put my idea up. I didn’t see all of the comments so. Apologies to anyone who also had this title.

    Title: Cleaning House

  240. Did anyone say “Sweeping Changes”? Surely someone did. (I have read all the comments and can’t remember what I saw…)
    If not, may I suggest it?

  245. Well, if she is going to a Arland’s House (not house), she she is sweeping.. how about Cleaning House? Sweeping Up?

    Okay, maybe not.

  249. Another Sweep

    Second Sweep

    A New Sweep

    A Fresh Sweep

    Sweep Again

    Battle Swept

    And for shits and giggles: In Laws – The Hardest Sweep.