Well, it's good practice for one. When those well-intentioned people ask 'what's your book about' a pitch would give me something to spew out. Plus, truthfully, it was a challenge. I wanted to see if I come up with something. I do love a challenge.
Back to the drawing board. A change of direction and help from a beta reader (You know who you are, thanks tons!), several more revisions, and I might have something I can live with. Still, I'll take any suggestions I can get. If you dear readers have better thoughts, please put them in the comments. Whether I make the contest window or press send a second too late, now I'll have a pitch.
Hook for my YA fantasy, Dodge the Sun: They didn’t have nursery-rhyming cannibals or super-sized possums on her farm—only cows. A deteriorating
shield forces Little Bit to evade lethal radiation from the sun while she
searches for New Chicago. Oh, and the mage back home forgot to mention she
isn’t a hero, or even human—she started life as a rabbit.
The contest also requires one super stand alone sentence. So far I'm torn between two possibilities, which I must decide soon because the contest is tomorrow morning.
Line 1: Better to be a corpse
brought back to life, a Frankenstein monster of bits and pieces.
Line 2: If Markus didn’t
comprehend whether she was woman or beast, soulless or filled with grace, no
one could.
Edit: I made it into the contest and I used Line 1 with the correction of Frankenstein's monster. (Thanks, Lori!) The results of the first round judging will be Tuesday afternoon--October 16th.
Edit: I made it into the contest and I used Line 1 with the correction of Frankenstein's monster. (Thanks, Lori!) The results of the first round judging will be Tuesday afternoon--October 16th.
Both lines are strong, but I think I prefer Line 1. But should it be "Frankenstein's monster?"
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the contest! I enjoyed reading this story during the AQC marathon this year, and so hope it finds a home.
I went with Line 1. Thanks for the timely correction, Lori.
ReplyDeleteUh, I'm late. Sorry. Hope it works!
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