I can't believe I wanted to do this. I usually steer clear of this kind of thing, but alas, this is for the the November blog chain on absolute write where:
Write up a back cover blurb for a book you have written or would like to write. It should be short, sweet, yet give a sense of people and events without totally spoiling the ending. NaNoWriMo participation is not required, and the blurb may be for fiction or nonfiction as you see fit.
This blurb is for that novel I keep complaining about editing. Oh... and the main character's name is pronounced La-kie-ya. I just thought the q looked good.
Thirteen-year-old Laqiya used to think controlling the forces of nature made her unique. But ever since her guardian, Nightshield, started pestering Laqiya to use her powers to keep The Tyrant sealed in oblivion and defeat his dark mistresses, she hasn’t wanted them.
It’s too late to hide her powers though. The Tyrant’s mistress, Lady Sahajah, knows who she is, and Nightshield won’t leave her alone. Neither will her three best friends, who seem to want to play out the romantic adventures portrayed in movies more than save the world from evil. But getting lost in foggy forests where the plants attack them to obtain one of the pieces to a staff that can release The Tyrant from oblivion is not romantic. And the Anaxars, three young men who work for the Tyrant and Lady Sahajah, seem to like flirting with Laqiya’s and her friend’s just as much as they like fighting them. Perverts…
Laqiya didn’t ask to be a hero. She just wants to decide what she’ll wear to school on any given day and pass social studies. If acting the part of a hero for a while will make Nightshield and her friends leave her alone to be normal though, fine! But simply acting the part won’t stop Lady Sahajah. A girl who can control the forces of nature is just not a person the dark mistress can risk letting live. But Laqiya isn’t exactly willing to die. Second option? Get over her reluctance, so she can kick Lady Sahajah’s ass, save the world, and then be normal.
So, what did you think folks?
Participants:
orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
MysteryRiter - http://incessantdroningofaboredwriter.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
AuburnAssassin - http://clairegillian.com/ (link to this month's post)
Jarrah Dale - http://brattysramblings.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
dolores haze - http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Alynza - http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Cath - http://www.cathsmith.com/ (link to this month's post)
Inkstrokes - http://drlong67.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
egoodlett - http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
LadyDae - http://ladydaewrites.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Anarchicq - http://anarchicq.com/ (link to this month's post)
Stu Ayris - http://tollesburytimeforever.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Participants:
orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
MysteryRiter - http://incessantdroningofaboredwriter.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
AuburnAssassin - http://clairegillian.com/ (link to this month's post)
Jarrah Dale - http://brattysramblings.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
dolores haze - http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Alynza - http://www.alynzasmith.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Cath - http://www.cathsmith.com/ (link to this month's post)
Inkstrokes - http://drlong67.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
egoodlett - http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
LadyDae - http://ladydaewrites.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Anarchicq - http://anarchicq.com/ (link to this month's post)
Stu Ayris - http://tollesburytimeforever.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
