Writing is like being able to put life into a snow globe. It takes the things that are too big and scary and reduces them into a form that I can put away when I want and look at from a distance. It also takes all that’s good in life and captures it into something I can take out when I want and look at close up and keep forever. It makes the bad things into something I can hold…and the good things into something I can hold onto. Both help so much that I need that little souvenir of life.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Book Blurb Friday #3

Many thanks to Lisa Ricard Claro of Writing in the Buff for hosting Book Blurb Friday! Each week, she posts a picture of a pretend book cover so that we can write a fictional blurb of 150 words or fewer to go with it.

But first, welcome to new blog followers Tony Benson (who is giving away books in a blog contest), Ellie Garratt, who currently has some great advice for writers, and Dominic de Mattos, who writes science fiction and so much more!

Here’s my #3 at 114 words:
~ Meeting Eddie ~

Stellah Rescher was a pampered debutant living a quintessential life of ease until everything she knew was shaken by the discovery that her biological father is really Eddie Frye, an alcoholic former candidate for the priesthood who is in and out of mental institutions.

Now this veritable stranger needs a life-threatening favor of Stellah, one that she doesn’t know if she can deliver.

In this delightfully gripping exploration into identity, responsibility and growth, the reader is invited to embrace this complex cast of characters as they struggle with the question of what it means to have a rich life. Meeting Eddie is more than a tale. It is a date with the human spirit.

“A very wise friend once told me she believes part of our journey here on earth is to forgive our parents….” ~Becky Povich

20 comments:

  1. Stella's life will never be the same again. Who will be the greater influence and will they both find redeeming qualities in themselves and each other? Ooh, intriguing:-)

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  2. I love your book blurb! It sounds very professional! I'm off to check out the blog you mentioned.

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  3. I'd have that off the shelf in a blink! Fabulous blurb....please write the whole book!

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  4. I can see this as a book full of personal struggles and triumph. Challenging and yet heartwarming, I'm sure. Very impressive blurb.

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  5. Many thanks for the shout - much appreciated :-)

    I enjoyed your book blurb. I love the way everyone has a completely different take on the photo. The complex family relationships revealed in your blurb are a fertile ground for some great fiction.

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  6. Also... Just thought I'd mention, having read your comment on my blog, I'm happy to ship anywhere worldwide for whoever wins the books, so feel free to enter if you wish. (No pressure, though).

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  7. This I'd definitely read, being a sucker for relationships and large casts of characters.

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  8. Ha! What an interesting and fascinating storyline you have there ... the fallen priest got me right away, kind of like The Thorn Birds, lol. Your blurb is really like what we would find on the inside cover of a book. When you get this one published, make sure to let us know, cuz I'll buy it!

    Thanks for stopping by,
    Kathy

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  9. I'm so enjoying all these book blurbs! They are all great and I want to read the books that follow...

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  10. Tammy, you got me hooked right away. What a powerful story idea-maybe one you should pursue further? Yes, I think you should...

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  11. Sounds like a good collection of interesting characters for this book! Very intriguing plot brewing here. Well done :)

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  12. Fantastic, Tammy! So far I think I've only read yours and Lisa's....and you both make me cower and tremble; bowing and saying, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!"
    Oh, and thanks for the quote shout-out! Very wise friend, indeed! :)

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  13. ok, you just rocked at this and I'm not feeling that good about mine. you really should do this for a living.

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  14. Tammy---For a minute, I thought you were deliberately attempting to get the Vatican to start frothing at the mouth, but then you stopped with the poking.

    A "date with the human spirit" is a wonderful phrase. I hope you're keeping these BBFs for future use.

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  15. Very professional...you should definitely continue with this one! It would make a wonderful and powerful story - one that I would read.


    ~Jean

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  16. Man, you got all that from that photo. It sounds so professional intriguing. I'm still trying to figure out what the photographer had to drink :)
    Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

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  17. Wow, Tammy, your lift off was effortless and you soared all the way with the ideas. I am so impressed. If you don't have time to write a novel, turn this into a short story.

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  18. Great blurb! The title is excellent as well, as it seems that Eddie's character may provide a metaphor for other things. Some college student will be writing a psychology thesis on this some day. Of course, you have to write the book first!

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  19. Thanks so much! Sioux, I wondered if anyone would take offense at the priest thing. I really didn't mean to "poke" at the Vatican so much as boost poor Eddie a bit and give the conflict more depth! :-o

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  20. I'm so sorry for taking this long to read your book blurb. I'm slapping my wrist.

    I loved everything about this blurb - it read as if it belonged to the already written book and I would definitely read it!

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