If writer Kris Saknussemm still can't cut it as an author, he can definitely teach a course titled "How to come up with a self-explanatory headline." Read his funny and helpful tips of trials and tribulation in his article "Five Tips for Avoiding Total Disaster as a Novelist from a Poor, Wretched Fool Who Had to Learn the Hard Way" on Absolute Write. It just might help you save some time and heartache.