A New Poll: Vote for the Best Book Description

Book descriptions. A good one can make a book fly off the virtual shelves. A banal one can keep a reader from hitting the "buy" button.

I've been playing around with different descriptions for my newest release, The Makers. I'm not sure if I'm heading in the right direction or not!

Please check out the two options below then vote for which you like better.

Thanks so much for your help! :-)

Book Description #1:

Across the galaxy, the M’Uktah evolved from wolf-like creatures into a technologically advanced society.

The M’Uktah have mastered interstellar travel. They’re sophisticated. Elegant.

And hungry.

Erika Holt dodged death and departed Earth in an alien ship. It wasn’t how she’d planned to spend her senior year. Is Erika on her way to paradise? Or to a hell worse than the underground lab she escaped?

The greys rescued Tex from A.H.D.N.A. and promised him a life he could never have imagined. But what will he have to give up to become one with The Conexus?

Jack Wilson is still Commander Sturgis’ prisoner, but a promise of freedom comes from an unlikely source. Will his liberation cost more than he’s willing to pay?

Caught up in their personal battles, will any of them realize the threat that looms over us all before it’s too late?

“An enthralling, page-turning sci-fi adventure. The makings of an epic!” ~ The Wishing Shelf

Book Description #2:

Roswell. Area 51. The X-Files.

You’ve seen the spindly-legged, bulbous-headed aliens known as ‘the Greys’ in the movies and on television.

You may think you know all about them.

But what if everything you think you know is wrong?

And what if the Greys are only the beginning?

At the far reaches of the galaxy, the M'Uktah have evolved from a wolf-like creature into an advanced society that has achieved interstellar travel. They’re sophisticated. Elegant.

Technologically savvy.

And hungry.

Wright’s follow-up to her award-winning sci-fi debut has been called “An enthralling, page-turning, sci-fi adventure that has the makings of an epic!” ~The Wishing Shelf reviews.

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Will Love Blossom in Emily's Heart?

Cover Art for Emily's Heart
Art Copyright 2013 Claudia McKinny

I've been writing like a banshee, trying to finish up Emily's Heart, the third and final installment of the Akasha Chronicles. Emily has had to fight her way through more than a few battles in the last two books, but she hasn't seen anything yet! Emily and crew are surrounded by danger at every turn in Book 3.

And I've faced my battles too while writing this danged book! Sometimes I've felt as besieged as Emily is ;-/

But the good news is that I've fought my way out of blind alleys and dark corners, and the end is near. Phew! *wipes brow*

This week I've been working on the book description. If you're a self-publishing writer, you can probably relate to how ridiculously difficult it is to write the description for your own book. I've tried to write this about a half dozen times, but each time either ended up with two sentences or three pages! 

Here is my latest attempt. It's a bit different. Maybe that's good. Maybe it's not. 

I appreciate honest feedback from any and all about your thoughts on this book description for Emily's Heart. Is it too long? Too short? Does it pull you in? Does it make you want to read the book? Or does it bore you? Confuse you? Your comments are most welcome.

Emily's Heart:

Seventeen-year-old Emily Adams unwittingly unleashed the shadow god's dark energy power into the world and started an Apocalypse. But Emily is also the only one that can end the dark god's reign. Though the powerful faerie magic of the golden torc is still coiled around her arm, self-doubt threatens to undo her. Emily wants nothing more than to feel the soft kiss of her one true love, but he won't even speak to her. Her first crush is still quite dead and her best friend remains a prisoner in the dark god's house of nightmares. A growing legion of black-eyed shadow people, devoid of conscience, roam the streets. Emily needs help now more than ever, but redemption seems far off indeed as she faces the darkness alone.

Emily will need an army of her own if she is to save the world from an eternity of darkness. But will a small band of Lucent geeks and freaks be enough to send the dark god packing?

Amidst chaos and ruin, will love blossom in Emily's Heart?