Help me with the back cover of Determiner!
Aug 29, 2022 8:10 pm
Okay, guys, today I need your help!
(Also, I thought this email had been sent, but there's no record of it sending; if you're getting it twice, my SINCEREST apologies).
I have two versions of the back cover blurb (you know, the part people can read to see if the story sounds interesting). I like them both and my kids are in DIRECT disagreement with each other over which I should use, so I thought I'd throw it out here and see what you guys think. Which blurb is best??? I want your adult opinions. But even more than that, if you have tweens and teens, I'd like their opinions (after all, I want it to create the type of response where they're begging you to let them buy it, or at least take it home from the library).
To vote, you can simply reply to this email, or go to my Facebook page, where there's a post asking for your opinion.
If we get over 20 responses, we'll do a fun little giveaway for a $5 Amazon gift card. So vote by replying to this or on my FB page!
#1
Secrets are nothing new to the president's son.
But when a mysterious assassin attacks thirteen-year-old Henry Miller, he uncovers a strange power: the world slows down while he speeds up—stronger and faster than his short, stout body has ever been. Trouble is, Henry can't seem to talk about it. Literally. Or make this new strength happen at will.
Which means that when he uncovers an even bigger plot against his father, all he can count on are his non-existent athletic skills, his best friend Lucy, and his new nemesis, Reylin.
A combo that just might work out. Except that the closer Henry gets to finding the assassin, the more he starts to wonder if it's really the president at stake. Or is Henry's father just a pawn in a chess game where they need to find the king?
#1b (only the last paragraph is different)
Secrets are nothing new to the president's son.
But when a mysterious assassin attacks thirteen-year-old Henry Miller, he uncovers a strange power: the world slows down while he speeds up--stronger and faster than his short, stout body has ever been. Trouble is, Henry can't seem to talk about it. Literally. Or make this new strength happen at will.
Which means that when he uncovers an even bigger plot against his father, all he can count on are his non-existent athletic skills, his best friend Lucy, and his new nemesis, Reylin.
A plan that seems doomed for failure. Until it’s not. The trouble is that the closer Henry gets to finding the assassin, the more he begins to wonder if it’s really the president at stake. Or is his father just a pawn in a chess game where they need to find the king?
#2
Henry will do anything to save his father. Even if it means keeping secrets. Big ones.
Thirteen-year-old Henry Miller knows he’s not typical. And it’s not just because he’s the president’s son. When a mysterious assassin attacks him after school, Henry uncovers a strange power: the world slows down while he speeds up—stronger and faster than his short, stout body has ever been. If only Henry could call upon this strange strength at will, he might be able to help some people, and to be seen as his own person instead of just a politician’s kid.
But for now, he has to navigate the White House world of ushers and antiques, maids and security. As if that’s not daunting enough, there’s his fancy new school with its formidable principal and the snotty senator’s daughter. In the midst of it all, Henry feels a little lost and a lot useless.
Until he and his best friend Lucy uncover a plot to assassinate his father.
But the closer Henry gets to finding the assassin, the more he begins to wonder if it’s really the president at stake. Or if he’s just a pawn in a chess game where they need to find the king.
If you'd like to start reading right now, The Determiner is being loaded to Kindle Vella, which releases it episodically.
To find The Determiner and start reading, you can click HERE! It's as simple as that. Right now I've got nine episodes up and I'm releasing an episode a day.
But! If you don't want to read that darn Kindle Vella, no worries. The Determiner will release as a regular book around November.
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