One Man in a Thousand, Solomon Says

[anthimeria]

I have renewed interest (my own, and pooooosbily someone else's) in The Novel!  And I have what I hope is a really good idea to revise the dang thing, which should remove some of my own issues with the book.

But I need help.  For the at-least-four-years this thing has been among my projects (not so much the last two years, but whatever), it has not had a title.  Or rather, it has had a crappy title, The Unexpected Knight, which is a terrible, punny title for a fairly serious YA epic fantasy.  About a unicorn and her boy.

Okay, pause for laughter.

So, I need your help!  Anyone who has ANY good ideas for the title of a classic journey story whose main characters are a cranky female unicorn who isn't terribly pleased to have actually found a virgin and a noble teenage bastard (literally) who desperately wants to be a knight, who must go on a thrilling journey to warn the Kingdom of danger and also escape an invading army, not to mention get along long enough to live through it, please let me know.

Seriously.  Help.  I'm this close to turning to Seventh Sanctum.

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[(Anonymous)]

Christine here.
First off, let me say I'm happy you have renewed interest in The Novel. Maybe it's because it's your only novel-length story I've actually read. I did enjoy it and I feel that others would too. I'm curious, what are you planning to change? Is one of the changes making Owen a bastard because I don't remember that being the case (although perhaps it's just my faulty memory)? As for a title... being that I've actually read it, you'd think I'd be able to come up with something but as you know good titles can't be forced. They usually just come to you, or at least that's how it's always been for me. I'll think about it and get back to you. :)

[anthimeria]

Yeah, the bastard thing is new. We'll see how it goes; I'm incorporating the change now. In a lot of ways, it makes Owen's character make a lot more sense, including why he was never sent away for formal knight's training.

Let me know if you think of anything! Lord knows I've been thinking about it for four years and The Unexpected Knight is still the best I've got. Argh.