Bisky's Twitterling's Scribbles! discussion

Post a short blurb of your book here and let us decide in what genre the libraries should classify it.

Dare to give us the reins and let us decide?

Ahh bloody hell! *Goes off to write a decent blurb*

:p

Sounds fun !

A 17 year old girl from a small town enlists in the Global Marines in search of independence, adventure, off-world travel, even romance. All was well until the alien gun ships began appearing over our cities...

@Mark Aliens. the answer is always aliens. Sounds like scifi!

*Nicole hopes she's playing right*

I'd say:

Science Fiction---Alien Invasion.

Or maybe:

Science Fiction---First Contact.

"The day her husband's past caught up with him, was the day Emerald got a glimpse into a bloody and magical world beyond the cruel one she already knew."

I should really have writtent the whole blurb by now :x

@Bisky sounds like fantasy to me. weeeee

Nicole and GG, very close. YA sci-fi/romance/war. I went for a medley of flavors, Lol.

Bisky-Fantasy/Mystery ?

@Bisky sometimes less is more ;p and now I really want to read your book ._.

I won't guess cause I already know :x

@Bisky That's a tough one. I'd have to go with Fantasy too or maybe Urban Fantasy, but I've got a feeling there is more to it than just that.

Your blurb doesn't say enough!!!!

The magical world could be parallel world, or time travel or just something hidden she never knew existed...

@Mark Oh, I should have thought of YA with the 17 year old...

/slap face (Yikes, that was MY face, not YOURS of course!)

"Eight students. A lonely bridge on a dark night. When their school bus careens off the bridge and crashes into the river, they are lucky just to survive. But soon, they discover they possess strange powers, like the power to read minds, to fly, or to resurrect the dead. And that's just the beginning. None of them knows exactly what happened, and each remembers something different. Now, they are being hunted down one by one, and to survive they must piece together their memories and solve the mystery of the missing time."

Ooooh, J. ! You just sold me on that one, is it available ?

Let's see, I'd guess Fantasy/Action. Sounds like dark divisions of the government hunting them down to keep the secret quiet.

J that was really good! I'd say Action/Thriller perhaps?
Mine is too easy but here goes


I didn’t deserve this woman, but held on tight while she brought her lips onto mine. The taste of her sweet, warm tongue melted my inner core. She fit into my soul like no other; I knew from this day on I couldn’t live a single day without her. She was meant to be mine. Always

Bisky wrote: ""The day her husband's past caught up with him, was the day Emerald got a glimpse into a bloody and magical world beyond the cruel one she already knew."


Yeah sounds like fantasy perhaps?

@Tiffany I'd say yours is Romance/Erotica lol

@J. Paranormal fantasy?

Muhahaha you shall all ponder over my vague blurb! :P

and Tiffany I think yours is romance... But it could be a thriller

As he is hers.

Always...

._.

Now you know why my Viking can never leave me >:D

Bisky's blurb may be vague, but mine is non-existant right now. I need to come up with something.

Here's a blurb for my story that's on wattpad...

The Ghost is a master thief who has stolen a strange artifact. The artifact is part of a set of armor that gives strange abilities. She is compelled to complete the set. There are side effects that make her question whether it is worth the sacrifice. The quest propels her towards a conflict with the people who have raised her since she was little, the Guild of Thieves. She is still compelled to move forward as the addictive nature of the armor takes over. She follows the addiction all the way to her own personal hell. Will she be able to escape it?

Gah... I feel like I suck at this. This is better than what I have on wattpad right now, so copy...paste....

@Brian sounds like Fantasy/Urban Fantasy to me. Maybe Paranormal?

@Bisky just being the Creepertin over there *nervous laugh* *secretly worries for the Viking* :p lol

@Brian sounds very interesting! Hmm...maybe mystery/fantasy-ish?

Bisky wrote: "Muhahaha you shall all ponder over my vague blurb! :P

and Tiffany I think yours is romance... But it could be a thriller

As he is hers.

LOL Romance for sure..And it could always turn into a thriller..you never know

Always...

._.

Now you know why my Viking can never leav..."

Brian wrote: "Bisky's blurb may be vague, but mine is non-existant right now. I need to come up with something.

Here's a blurb for my story that's on wattpad...

The Ghost is a master thief who has stolen a ..."

Heck no! that was dark and it sucked me in..

Nicole wrote: "@Tiffany I'd say yours is Romance/Erotica lol

@J. Paranormal fantasy?"
A little erotica.. hahaha.. The sex, to me, is deep and passionate.

@Tiffany *fans self* woo...I might...I just might have to grab a copy of that

Loving this thread! Okay, here's my effort at a blurb (I really hate writing the blurb) :3

"The Wenstrops have it all: health, wealth and happiness. But then it all begins to fall apart. Helen is arrested for murder, yet is either unable or unwilling to give a defence. During her detention, vital evidence goes mysteriously missing and tensions are running high. Helen finds herself surrounded and yet alone: not knowing who she can trust or how she can tell her enemies from her friends. Helen has to work through her self-doubts and fears, in order to know whether her suspicions and misgivings are valid or simply products of an overwrought mind. There are those who would like to encourage her confusion, and those who would help her – but how to know one from the other? And then there are those who actively mean her harm. Meanwhile, malignant forces in the forest are gathering power, ready for a final assault. Helen finds herself in a battle of life and death, and faces having to lose everything in her attempts to thwart the evil that has insinuated itself into her very existence - but is she ready to make the ultimate sacrifice?
This sensational second novel by acclaimed author Harmony Kent will have you alternately laughing, crying and gripping the edge of your seat as this roller coaster ride of a plot unfolds. It will keep you guessing through its many twists and turns, and hijack your attention right up until you turn the final page. This book has it all: murder, intrigue, the supernatural, a broken marriage, a love affair, courage against impossible odds, suspense, and high drama."

So ... which genre??

@Harmony hmmmmmm...I don't know! Let's see...mystery/thriller-esque? Xp

(I don't think I'm so good at this game lol)

Nicole wrote: "@Tiffany *fans self* woo...I might...I just might have to grab a copy of that"
LOL..I keep fanning myself too !

Harmony wrote: "Loving this thread! Okay, here's my effort at a blurb (I really hate writing the blurb) :3

"The Wenstrops have it all: health, wealth and happiness. But then it all begins to fall apart. Helen is..."
well, I'd say a little of fantasy and tons of thriller

@ Nicole -- you're doing fine at this game :D

@ Tiffany -- great guess :3

I really struggled to place this book--and I wrote it lol !

Thriller/Suspense -- it fits both. Most sites don't have this genre though .. it has to be either or.

@ Brian -- I would have to say yours is fantasy/urban fantasy ?? Did I get anywhere close?

It's a relief to see I'm not the only one to shy away from writing my blurbs ! :D

For mine I had it listed as fantasy/adventure to start. A friend of mine said it scared the crap out of her every time she read an update, so I had to add a horror label to it. Urban fantasy isn't far off. It's got a bit of psychological thriller in it too.

Richard Walker the protagonist decides to re-invent himself, to improve his chances of obtaining a better life for himself and his family. This leads him to the hallowed corridors of the Church of England by one or two twists of fate.
Here he discovers he is not the only charlatan working for this august institution, and finds himself torn between doing what he knows is right, and feathering his own nest for the sake of his families future.
Ultimately he chooses family over conscience, and discovers a way to ensure his family's financial future forever.

My publisher had it listed in Religious and spiritual inspiration/ Biographical fiction. I have changed this, where do you think it belongs?

One night while on call, an obstetrician-gynecologist performs an
emergency cesarean section on an HIV-positive woman. The baby,
born with the disease, soon becomes an orphan when her mother dies,
leaving no other family to care for the newborn female.
Suffering from infertility and undiagnosed depression, the ob-gyn
decides to adopt the baby and enlists a lawyer specializing in
adoption for non-traditional families. Desperate, driven, and with the
help of her hospital community, she fosters the infant and names her
Hope.
The ob-gyn’s brother, who recently lost his partner to HIV, moves
in to welcome the new baby home and assist in caring for her. Hope
becomes sick...

J.A.C.H. wrote: "One night while on call, an obstetrician-gynecologist performs an
emergency cesarean section on an HIV-positive woman. The baby,
born with the disease, soon becomes an orphan when her mother dies,
..."
OMG this is heavy stuff. Gosh it's hard to say what this could be. Contemporary? Spiritual...

Fan sales set new record.

@carl rofl

I presume.

A young boy with a jagged scar on his forehead discovers he 'a a wizard and ... Oh no, that one's not mine is it!

All The Dead Things

The novel tells the story of Stan Wisdom, cursed by the stifling influence of an overprotective mother and with ability sees monsters that are invisible to everybody else. When a new found friendship is threatened, rage leads Stan to expose himself to the monsters. Pursued through an endlessly repeating day, Stan slowly uncovers the dark roots of his mother’s fear and finds himself at the centre of a supernatural civil-war with the future of life and death at stake.

@Simon - paranormal fantasy/horror?

@Claire. Sounds good to me but I'd probably stick 'children's' or 'kid's' at the front. Cheers.