Reality Check  Wherever disaster strikes, Ethan Parr is sure to follow. If he can be found at all, it will be at in the midst of crises that obliterate cities, destroy dynasties and reshape continents – the sort of catastrophes that no-one notices. When a reality-quake hits, everything changes; people and places vanish, a new reality forms from the fractured remains, and no-one remembers anything different. No-one except Ethan Parr. As Ethan searches the shattered realities for a woman with alabaster skin and tumbling auburn hair, and a little girl with piercing green eyes, he begins to see a pattern in the reality-quakes. Who is manipulating the quakes? Could they hold the key to finding the woman and the girl? Would they know why he is so desperate to find them? As the quakes grow worse, Ethan must choose between discovering his past and saving reality. |
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This is a great writing exercise and if you haven't tried it yet, why not join in?
Not only is it wonderful practice at letting a plot blossom from a single seed, but it is also extremely valuable practice at distilling that plot down to an enticing morsel on the end of big hook!
I always look forward to reading yours the most because they are so original and exciting. I would buy Reality Check in a heartbeat. Loved it.
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Ah very topical. Love it! :O)
ReplyDeleteHmmmm .. well it wasn't meant to be topical as such, but that's what sprang to mind when I saw the shaking lights!
ReplyDeleteWow, Dom - mightily intrguing! Reality quakes, inspired! I'd read that in an instant.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing description Dominic - it would inspire me to read. :)
ReplyDeleteAgain - write the book! I would buy it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a choice Ethan must make. Hopefully, there is a happy ending where all questions are answered and the 'good' people live to enjoy another day - though maybe in a different reality.
ReplyDeleteOoooh!!! What a great dilemma!! I love the sound of these quakes and the woman with the alabaster skin and the girl with green eyes!!! Wow! Take care
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Wow. You have come up with a great idea, and a storyline that I would love to read.
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds like it would make a great book AND a cool movie!
ReplyDeleteAs usual Dom, a great show of imagination. An intriguing story that I'd love to read.
ReplyDeleteI'd definitely read a book with a blurb like that!
ReplyDeleteDominick, what a wonderful sci-fi piece! I am at a loss as to how you came up with this-LOL!
ReplyDeleteYou got me right away with this one!! Awesome job on this blurb Dominic. You are one talented guy!!!
ReplyDeleteok. loved the concept. great job.
ReplyDeleteDominic---I agree with Tammy. This would make a marvelous movie. The dilemma Ethan faces---saving reality or discovering his past---is emotionally tearing in both directions, so certainly the reader would connect. Well done!
ReplyDeleteLove it, Dom, all of the elements are there plus a novel (if you'll excuse the pun) idea - reality quakes!
ReplyDeletePlease forgive me if I don't comment regularly for a while, but we're traveling again, and internet connections are sometimes iffy and sometimes nonexistent, but my intentions are good (like your ideas).
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Great sci-fi blurb, and enough mystery and intrigue to pull me in. I'd buy it!
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