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What Blurb Works Best?
Dec. 16th, 2014 03:24 pmHelp! I need help deciding between back cover copy blurbs for A Circus of Brass and Bone. You don't need to know anything about the story--it may be even better if you don't! There are three versions:
1. The circus in general
2. Lacey the equestrienne
3. Ginger the clown
Which one would be most likely to make you pick up this book? Thank you!
It's the end of civilization, but the show must go on.
THE CIRCUS
An aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world. In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. Their difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, and the killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of their problems. The circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If they can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.
LACEY
Before an aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world, Lacy Miller's largest concern was whether or not her equestrian act drew a big enough crowd to ensure that she'd keep her place with the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie. Then everything changes.
In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. The survivors' difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the circus docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, leaving them without a leader. The killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of Lacey's problems as she has to take on responsibilities that she never expected. Lacey and the other circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If they can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.
GINGER
Before an aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world, Ginger used his wits mostly to make audiences laugh. Then everything changes.
In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. The survivors' difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, leaving them without a leader. The killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of Ginger's problems. Living by his wits has never been more difficult than when he finds himself traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If the circus can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.
1. The circus in general
2. Lacey the equestrienne
3. Ginger the clown
Which one would be most likely to make you pick up this book? Thank you!
It's the end of civilization, but the show must go on.
THE CIRCUS
An aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world. In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. Their difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, and the killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of their problems. The circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If they can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.
LACEY
Before an aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world, Lacy Miller's largest concern was whether or not her equestrian act drew a big enough crowd to ensure that she'd keep her place with the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie. Then everything changes.
In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. The survivors' difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the circus docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, leaving them without a leader. The killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of Lacey's problems as she has to take on responsibilities that she never expected. Lacey and the other circus members find themselves traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If they can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.
GINGER
Before an aetheric calamity sends a wave of death rolling across the world, Ginger used his wits mostly to make audiences laugh. Then everything changes.
In post-Civil War America, a third of the population dies outright, and many of the survivors suffer strange nervous symptoms that are steadily increasing in severity. The survivors' difficulties don't end there. Industrial machinery, military armament, telegraph communications, steam-powered ships and trains, electric lighting, and even the plumbing relies on aether catalysts. Basic technology is rendered dangerously unstable by the disaster. Society begins to spin out of control.
Even before the Loyale Traveling Circus and Menagerie docks in Boston, they are in turmoil. While at sea, someone murdered the ringmaster, leaving them without a leader. The killer must be one of their own. Unfortunately, that is the least of Ginger's problems. Living by his wits has never been more difficult than when he finds himself traveling through the collapse of civilization. In such desperate times, what use is a circus?
If the circus can defend themselves against the starving populace, if they can outwit and outperform the political factions that have seized power, if they can fight off the ravening monstrosities born of the aether storm . . . they just might find the answer.