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Friday 8 July 2011

Book Blurb Friday - Typecast

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The lovely Lisa at Writing in the Buff hosts Book Blurb Friday. Each week Lisa posts a pretend book cover to fire our imaginations. Our task is to write the book blurb for the back cover in 150 words or less.


Typecast

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When Cassie Drewe starts to decorate her dingy Victorian attic flat in Shoreditch, she is astonished to find a dusty old typewriter in a forgotten space, hidden behind decades of wallpaper.

She hadn’t meant to write a story, but as her fingers stroke the keys, it springs to life unbidden. Word by word it draws her in, grips her, demands to be written. In breathless excitement, she types the struggle of a young man caught in a clash between modern London and the demonic secret in the ancient heart of the city.

Listening to the news the next day, she is shocked to find it is all true. If her own, half written, story is to be believed, London is on the very brink of annihilation. Should she carry on typing, or enter the story and find the young man?

Write or be written?

London’s future is in her hands.



150 words exactly

14 comments:

  1. Ooh, very scary, Dom. Write or be written? What a decision.
    (I love your title, you sneaky punster, you.)
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  2. YOu have so many fabulous story ideas. I hope you are writing them all. :O)

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  3. Fantastic! I was way disappointed when I saw it was just a writing exercise and not an actual novel. ;) So...you gonna write this one? LOL

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  4. Yay!!! I love it!! Great hook and fab blurb!!! What a dilemma! Take care
    x

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  5. There you go! A new book is born! All you have to do is write the rest.

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  6. I am as gripped by this story as Cassie was. I'm with the rest--please write it!

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  7. "Write or be written." Great tag line! Yikes! This is a thriller with a real twist, and one I'd love to read. You're so good at these blurbs!

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  8. Yes, write the story! I want to know more!

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  9. Ooh...I love this Dominic. This could be part thriller, part sci-fi, part romance-what a wonderful idea for a story!

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  10. Oh my good gravy! I love this idea - it's absolutely fantastic. :D

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  11. "Write or be written?" What a question! I would buy this and not stop reading till the last page. ~ Calico Contemplations

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  12. Superb - I would be bankrupted this month from all the excellent books which ought to be written.

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  13. This is exciting and scary, too - a real page-turner.

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  14. Oooh! I like what you made from this pic. Sounds like something I'd enjoy reading.

    :-)

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