The Pyrenees---Southern France

The Pyrenees---Southern France

Thursday, March 24, 2011

It's Book Blurb Friday #4!



         Yes, it's just hours away from Friday.  That means it's time to write the blurb for our soon-to-be-written novel, so the publishers can get into a bidding war because the blurb is so darned intriguing.

         How does it work? Lisa Ricard Claro gives us a photo every week.  (But don't think she is a marvelous person for doing this. She rents her kids--and passes them off as her own--so it's the "rentals" who are doing the real grunt work on this meme...) We write a blurb (a hook that is 150 words or less in length) and post it on our own blog along with linking it on Lisa's blog. (And then you can read other blurbs and see what they did with the photo.)

         Here is the photo, and my blurb follows:


The Babcock's B & B and the Case of the Calloway Cougar

         Yes, the carpeting's worn. And yes, sometimes the beloved Mr. Puss can be found on the diningroom table, licking from the butter tray. But the Babcocks are lovely people, living out their twilight years in quaint Calloway as they eek out a living with their bed and breakfast business.

        And business is good. Until Mrs. Babcock is accused of making improper advances. Reportedly, Mrs. Babcock offered a bran muffin to a male guest as she unbuttoned her duster, rubbed Vick's on herself as she simultaneously licked her lips, and dislodged her dentures in a "lacivious" manner. 

        Will the Babcocks be able to weather the trial?  Will their business go under?  Or will Mrs. Babcock have to take pole-dancing lessons so she can put her libido to work in a lucrative way?

        (Proceeds from book sales goes to "Support Hose," the fund set up for Mrs. Babcock's legal fees.)

(149 words--whew!)    

15 comments:

  1. Loved the blurb - but the book sounds too yeuky for words and NOT one to be read while eating my lunch!

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  2. Hilarious blurb - love the names! I laughed out loud at this!

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  3. Okay, this is too darn funny. Mrs. Babcocks (LOL) sounds like a riot. She's obviously having hormone trouble. Great blurb, Sue!

    For the badge: Go to the code below the badge on my blog, highlight it and do CTRL-C. Then on your site when you add a gadget (choose the one with the <> sign allowing you to add HTML script) you do a CTRL-V to paste the code, then save. The button should appear on your site with the link already part of the picture. Thanks for using it!

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  4. I love the humour :-) Thank you for making me smile, and the proceeds are obviously going to a good cause. I'd definately read this.

    I'm now following - it's good to meet you.

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  5. Sioux,
    From the fiction files? Uh-huh. Be careful funny lady, a waft of Vicks trailed you at Borders. Might have been the guy sitting next to you, though.

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  6. Forget the Babcocks. I'm concerned about the cat...who will set out the butter dish for it while they screw around in court???

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  7. I think Mrs Boobcock, oops Babcock, should take up poledancing. Thanks for the laugh! I enjoyed this!

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  8. Too funny this morning! I needed this and loved the light take when I am always so serious! Humor is hard to write because of the fine line between funny and sacrastic. You did a GREAT job here!I'd like to see you create several little flash fiction pieces around this character; produce you own chapbook...

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  9. Oh ... Mrs. Babcock ... how dirty you are! This was fun. I hope they lose the trial so we can get a glimpse of Mrs. Babcock (in her housedress and sensible shoes) doing a pole dance. Fantatic job!

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  10. I think I could learn a few tricks from Mrs. Babcock...and I'll be stopping at the store to buy Vick's...maybe The Mister will get lucky tonight! lol

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  11. You had me laughing out loud with your story! I still am. The thought of her teeth coming out, along with the Vicks ... this is great.

    I WISH I was one of Lisa's kids, btw.

    Have a great weekend,

    Kathy M.

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  12. I laughed at this one:-) Wouldn't it be fun to continue the story? I can just imagine her trial . . .

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  13. You went for humor here? How daring and very funny-love the names!

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  14. Oh, I am giggling so wickedly. That sentence about Mrs. Babcock and the bran muffin should win some sort of prize. As should Mrs. Babcock for her pole dancing (which I HOPE involves the lascivious dislodging of dentures)! Oh, and a cane, perhaps? I want to contribute to the support hose and buy this book!

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