As I mentioned in last week’s progress report, I hired the
inimitable Kat Sheridan to write back cover copy for The Demon Always Wins.
Although it’s
possible to write your own cover copy, and many writers do, I find it difficult
to get the proper distance from my work to do that well. Kat is great at what
she does, and really reasonable. Even at minimum wage, I would have spent more
trying to write the thing myself.
So, I went online and filled out her Standard Fiction Work
Order. It asks for title, author, short description and then descriptions of
the two main characters, along with any additional characters the author deems
worthy of blurb space.
Kat came back with
an excellent, pithy blurb that summarized the action in a way I hadn’t
considered. The last line, which I'd really struggled with in my own attempts at blurbs and pitches, was brilliant Her email assured me she was willing to rework it until
I was happy.
Now that I had an
approach, though, I couldn’t resist tweaking it myself. With a little help from my friends from McDaniel College, I came up with the
following:
Seven short
weeks. That’s all the time the demon Belial has to stack up a victory for Satan
and earn his promotion to Chief Executive Demon, the second most powerful
position in Hell. If Belial can corrupt God’s champion within the agreed
time-frame, Hell will score bragging rights—and another soul. The demon always
wins, but this one is anybody’s game.
Seven short weeks. Widowed nurse Dara Strong is the ace up God's sleeve. Dara, the granddaughter of famous demon-fighters, has no problem recognizing Dr. Ben Lyle as a demon in doctor's disguise when he appears at her clinic. She kicks him out the door, but the most successful soul-stealer in the history of Hell is not about to give up so easily.
As the battle between the cosmically well-matched opponents escalates, conflict breeds passion and passion transforms into love. Caught between a victory-hungry Satan and an unforgiving God, Belial and Dara discover there may be only one way to ransom the soul of a fallen angel: sometimes you have to go through Hell to claim your heaven.
I love this blurb,
but there’s always room for improvement. Feel free to offer suggestions!
Sounds perfect to me:) Makes me want to read the book:)
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