Pain, Names, and Restlessness

Have you ever felt that pain on your neck when you sleep on one side too long or when you sleep with your neck in a crooked angle? I really hate that and today I woke up like that but multiply the pain by 100. I've never EVER had this much pain before on my neck, it's so bad that I can't even bend down or move my neck by half an inch.

I've been stuck in bed all day with the smell of po sum on oil and icy hot lingering around me, like that dust cloud that pig pen has around him. At least it's a pleasant smell. Looking on the bright side of things, I got to relax a bit today and take a breather from all of the reading that I've been required to do for my George Eliot class. I don't mind reading, believe me I don't. I just hate having to read at a faster pace then what I'm usually used to. Reading around 200 pages in a period of two days isn't easy, especially when the material that I have to read isn't necessarily "light reading".

Moving onto another subject, this past weekend I was talking to my cousin about the book that I'm currently working on. When it comes to names or titles I usually don't have a hard time coming up with them. It tends to come easily for me to think of a name for a character or a title for the story. That "streak" of mine ended with this book. For the first time I was absolutely stuck with coming up with a name for the book and a name for the place/setting where the book takes place.

So, I was on the computer listening to some dubstep and messing around with picnik and my cousin kept asking me questions about the book. I was telling him how I didn't have a name for the book and we were just throwing out names and random words to see if we could come up with something. We didn't get anything and I was close to giving up for the day when suddenly he went on my itunes and played the song "Restlessness" by Bastien Laval feat. Layla.

I really love that song, especially the lyrics. So when he played it I was singing a long and suddenly I found my title! The first verse is:


Good morning midnight
Hello again
If I dont close my eyes
Days never end
Tick tick tock tock... 
Whos keeping time?
Throw away the stop watch
Losing my mind
Im so fixed on this high that I found
Once you touch the sky
There is no coming down


My title is: Midnight In The Universe


The funny thing about it is that I've had this song on my playlist for the book for a while now. I never would have expected to find my title through that song! And I really love the title! It fits the story PERFECTLY! Now, the only thing i'm missing is to come up with a name for the "place" where the story takes place.


I hope it comes to me soon! :)