For some reason, the blurb is the hardest couple of hundred words in the whole project. Distilling down the essence of the story to answer the question, “Why read this?” is tougher than plotting out a 60k word novel. The sweet folks at Dreamspinner help (thank you, Gin! Have chocolates!) but even so, nails get bitten past the quick.
So I am a happy girl that we have a blurb for The Rare Event now. What do you think?
Hedge fund trader Ricky Santeramo has it all: money, looks, and fellow trader Jonathan Hogenboom. The two couldn’t be more different: Jon is from old money, while Ricky clawed his way out of blue-collar New Jersey. Jon hedges his positions; Ricky goes for broke. Jon likes opera and the Yankees; Ricky prefers clubbing. Jon drinks wine with dinner; Ricky throws back a beer. Jon wants monogamy… but Ricky likes variety.
Bankrupt airlines are facing strikes, the housing market is starting to crumble, and Jon can’t wait any longer for Ricky to commit. One last night alone and one last risky trade make Jon say, “Enough.” Then Jon’s old friend Davis comes to New York City, ready for baseball and forever. The whole world is chaos, but there are fortunes to be made—or lost—and hearts to be broken—or won.
Faced with losing it all, Ricky must make the savviest trades of his life and pray for a rare event. His portfolio and Jon’s love are on the line.
The blurb sounds really good..Congrats..
Thanks–it’s a far cry from what we started with. In fact, I need to go update the page.
Lovely blurb! You’ve got my attention!
I need to thank you for the best lines in it.
Oh, sounds good!
I hope so, there are drops of blood mixed into that blurb.