But when my daughter saw it, she looked at the cover and said, " You've spelled Jackolantern wrong."
That was it. No congratulations, the book looks great, just a brief comment about what she thought was a wrongly spelled word. Of course, she was wrong. I hadn't misspelt anything-especially not my novel's title. Why? Because it's my book, so I can spell anything anyway I want.
The story is about a jackolantern, but all the way through the book I refer to it as" the pumpkin; '' so the spelling of the title is irrelevant.
Jackolantern is the story of a man who hates Halloween. One day he arrives home from work to find a carved pumpkin on his front porch. He thinks one of his neighbours put it there as a sick joke because they all know he doesn't like Halloween, and he always sneers at their Halloween decorations in their gardens.
He throws the pumpkin in the bin, but it keeps returning, and each time it looks angrier.. He soon realises it's not a joke. The reason the pumpkin keeps returning is much more sinister and evil.
And that, in a nutshell, is the story of my book, Jackolantern, and the freedom of writing fiction gives me the freedom to spell words anyway I please.
And, the way I see it, spelling something differently makes my title. stand out and might intrigue more readers.
Because, as the saying goes, why fit in when you can stand out?
It's not too late to grab a copy of Jackolantern before Halloween. Or buy a copy anytime.
Because a Jackolantern is for life, not just for Halloween.
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