Welcome again to Book Blurb Friday. If you're a newbie, here's the scoop so you understand what follows. Please click HERE or click the tab under the blog header for details of the Book Blurb Friday meme. This is the shortened, abridged version:
Write a book jacket blurb (150 words or less) so enticing that potential readers would feel compelled to buy the book.Below is this week's "book cover," offered for our creative blurbs by yours truly. On this very cold winter day, we have a summer pic. My own blurb follows:
Deputy Dachshund
(150 words)
Meet Dieter, the canine superhero lauded by law enforcement and civic groups as the phenomenal Deputy Dachshund.
Dieter’s sensitive snout and love of the water have made him the golden boy of Lake Sniffenfetchit’s pollution control watchdog group, the Petrol Patrol. Every day, the Petrol Patrol cruises Lake Sniffenfetchit with Dieter in tow to sniff out those environmental enemies who dump unsafe petroleum toxins into the lake. The Harbor Police might not always snag the malodorous miscreants, but it is the rare polluter who can escape the dogged determination of this hardy hound, Deputy Dachshund.
Polluters beware: He’ll hunt you, hound you, and hold you accountable!
Share a day in the life of this diminutive hero of the environment, Deputy Dachshund! Read about his exploits and adventures as he tracks down the pollution perpetrators of Lake Sniffenfetchit.
This book is a real doggy treat. You’ll have a tail-wagging good time!
This cracked me up, because the Dachshund in the picture is Special Agent McGee, one of my grand-dogs. Since I know him to be a total clown, this book blurb is really casting him against type. I suppose he's a hero to those of us who love him, and he does adore the water. One of his favorite things to do is fetch a tennis ball thrown into the lake. He's a better retriever than my Labs!
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Here is our "book cover" for next week's Book Blurb Friday #52, provided by the talented writer and epistolary powerhouse, Lynn Obermoeller of Present Letters:
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See you next for Monday's microfiction. Have a great weekend!
Lisa
10 comments:
Love the lake - you always come up with the best names.
I'm sure this would be an engaging and smile-provoking read. I didn't sense any hint of tragic endings, so I'm lining up to purchase it.
Stories, where pets die, always leave me in tears. A few human corpses, however, don't bother me a bit. :D
This is a fun book cover for sure. This guy is a real "water dog". Nice you know the guy in real life too!
Stay warm while you write! Today here was a real spring day...tomorrow is to repeat, then drop down again. Crazy.
Oops, I revealed McGee's name in my blurb, Lisa. I hope he didn't have an anonymity clause.
He's so cute, I couldn't, like Grandma, imagine an unhappy ending. He just had to be heroic or I (oops again, I mean the well-known author Minnie Cooper) couldn't write about him.
Love your blurb about Deputy Dachshund, and I'd just have to buy it. Put me on the "yes" list.
K
Another blurb I can imagine you in fits of giggles over ... and like Kay (whose blurb I haven't read yet) I used McGee in mine.
And next week's the anniversary one is it? Or will that be the week after?
Thank you for it - gives me great deal of pleasure, not to say inspiration.
Love it! This one is fun in so many ways!
I loved this! Looks like he takes his job very seriously !
Blessings, Joanne
Grandma - You're right, no tragic endings here, just a hardworking dog taking care of business.
Claudia - It actually turned out to be pretty warm today -- 64. We've had a warmer-than-usual winter here in the Southeast.
Kay - No problem that you used his name. It fits!
Tammy - Thanks!
Joanne - In the blurb he's very serious. In real life, not so much. LOL
Sandra - I really did giggle myself silly. The photo lends itself to fun. :)
This is so cute! I love the names.
That's a cute story of your pooch! Boy I'm so behind these days - gone all weekend and you know what that's like! I see you are using one of my photos for the next blurb, maybe I'll have to see if I can participate again! Yikes.
I love your story! I'll pull a double this week and get caught up.
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