Light and Darkness (Book Blurb Friday)

I finally got my act together for Book Blurb Friday, I've missed the last few but here's one for this week.
Book Blurb Friday is hosted by Lisa Ricard Claro at Writing in the Buff. Every week, she posts a photo which is a prompt for a 150-word-or-less book cover blurb. This photo was taken by her daughter, Christina Claro.

Light and darkness

When she puts on her tinted glasses, Monica Teller can look into someone's soul . What some might see as an invaluable ability, she sees as a curse.  For not only do love, kindness and charity fill her vision, so do hate, depravity and malice. After years of suffering feelings of callousness and wickedness, she’s had enough. Though she is literally blind without her glasses, she is determined to start life anew in darkness. Fearlessly, she crushes her cursed tools. But cursed she is, for she finds that her seeing ability has not deserted her; in fact, it’s strengthened. What more can Monica see that she can’t run away from? Will she survive her dark ordeal to see light in her new life?
(125 words)


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Book Blurb Friday - Path of Dreams

I never thought I would be writing fiction when I started this blog but I'm always game for adventures. There have been many firsts for me this year, blogging is fun that way.


This is my entry for this week's Book Blurb Friday. The meme was the idea of Lisa Ricard Claro of Writing in the Buff. Every week, she posts a photo that acts as the cover of the fictional book you'll be promoting. You have a week to study the photo, write your blurb and then show off your masterpiece of 150 words or less a week later.

I was inspired into writing my first book blurb last week by a photo taken by Kathy Matthews of Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy. This week's photo came from Kathy, too.

Path of Dreams

Leanna gasped. She had seen this in her dreams. Dreams that had come to her every night for the past week. Every door in the corridor would lead her down a different path: adventure, romance, fantasy or glory. In her dreams, she had caught a glimpse of where each would lead but the kaleidoscope views always faded as she stood on the periphery, uncertain and hesitant.

Her conscious mind told her she should turn around. But she couldn’t ignore the excitement she felt at the possibilities the unknown presented. Yes, it was time to move on and leave behind her familiar but passionless and prosaic life.

Which door will Leanna choose? Join her as she moves down her Path of Dreams.

(124 words with title)

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Book Blurb Friday

Hi,
I’ve been reading entries for Book Blurb Friday the past few Fridays. Lisa Ricard Claro of Writing in the Buff started the meme (I didn’t even know what this was until I discovered Lisa’s blog a few weeks ago!). She posts a photo every Friday that’s the cover of the book you get to write a blurb for. You have a week to study the photo, write your blurb and then show off your 150-word-or-less masterpiece the following Friday.

I’ve had so much fun reading everyone’s writings, the creativity out there is just incredible and I get so hooked by some of the blurbs that I feel deprived I won’t get to read the whole book!

I knew I had to join Book Blurb Friday when I saw this photo by Kathy Matthews of Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy, a very prolific blogging grandmother who incidentally, has 49 (yup, 49!) blogs (read more about that here).

The idea came straight to me, but I didn’t get to put it in words until today. Now, I’ve never written a book blurb in my life. I’m pretty good at researching and writing about facts but I’ve never dared try my hand at fiction. I may just fall flat on my face but here goes…


Not all it’s Kraked up to be

Sarah Krakowski knows a good photo when she sees one. This, she told herself, was a beauty. And perfect for the mystery places photo contest at the Pastime Food Review. The editors at the magazine thought so too. They awarded Sarah first prize; the photo was published.

Within a week, Sarah’s apartment was broken into and her car engine exploded. Then she receives a note while contemplating her misfortune at the diner brought to current fame by the photo. “Forget this place if you know what’s good for you.”

The note was written on the magazine page where the award-winning photo appeared. Who was the man in white? What had Sarah witnessed? Did she hold a clue to a mystery, or a mystery photo that was going to get her killed?

(138 words including title, Microsoft Word count)


Go on over to Writing in the Buff to see what everyone else read in the photo :)

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