D.C.’s Comments (group member since Mar 10, 2019)

D.C.’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Earthly Powers - The Adventure Begins, published on Amazon 2-19-2019. All reviews so far are 5 - star on Amazon. Working on my blurb:

Rosalee, a young mixed race girl, survives one day at a time in the hood as it goes from bad to worse. Hookers, drugs, and gangs are not her problem if they leave her alone. If not? They get smacked down HARD. This Rose has thorns.
But when the young and defenseless are eaten, zombied, sold and abused by the unnatural, Rose is the only hope they have.
Vampires and ghouls and magic, oh my. Can she save them? Can she save herself?
It aint Oz in the hood and Rose aint a wizard, but her back is against the wall and maybe a Druid will do. If that’s what she is. She has no idea; her abilities didn’t come with any more explanations or labels than the bad guys.
Foul mouthed at times, destroyed and reborn, if she can figure enough of it out she might live another day.

I wrote a book, got ready to publish, and in cover creation, quickly typed the back cover blurb. I didn't know any better. Now I am on version ...something of that blurb. Would anyone like to give me input on it? Here is the current blurb, as of 3/10/2019 at about 8 in the morning.
**************************************
Rosalee, a young mixed race girl survives one day at a time in the hood as it goes from bad to worse. Hookers, drugs, and gangs are not her problem if they leave her alone. If not? They get smacked down HARD. This Rose has thorns.
But when the young and defenseless are eaten, zombied, sold and abused by the unnatural, Rose is the only hope they have.
Vampires and ghouls and magic, oh my. Can she save them? Can she save herself?
It aint Oz in the hood, but her back is against the wall. Rose isn’t a wizard, but maybe a Druid will do, if that’s what she is. She has no idea; her abilities didn’t come with any more explanations or labels than the bad guys.
Foul mouthed at times, destroyed and reborn, if she can figure enough of it out she might live another day.
************************************************
The book shows Rosalee as she goes from complacent survivor to involved, powerful driving force. This is the first of at least three book in this series if it takes off. If people read it, they get into it; but my current blurb is not encouraging a deeper look. My reviews on Amazon are all three 5 star. My marketing is infantile. Every day I discover something else I should be doing. I appreciate any input here, if you gotta be vicious, go for it, my ego needs toughening and I am alone here at the moment so nobody will see me cry. LOL. I hope.
Thanks in advance!

DC Alexander