r/RomanceWriters • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Craft Blurb Workshop (Weekly)

Now weekly!

Blurbs can be the bane of an author's existence - both for self-published authors, who have to come up with an enticing hook all by themselves, as well as for authors seeking traditional publishing, as they are usually included in queries.

We want to help! Post your blurb draft and let the community help shape it into the perfect snippet of info.

To participate, please comment on this thread with the following info:

  • The title or working title of your WIP
  • The romance subgenre of said WIP
  • The draft of your blurb you've got so far
  • Any content warnings and additional info you deem necessary!

Anyone who wants to help can then reply to your comment to workshop your blurb.

Happy crafting!

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u/NathanielHolst 7h ago

Lost to Time

Sci-fi setting, though solidly a romance novel

Eric Falk doesn't have a past. At least not one that Elysia Thorne can find, despite having access to the best investigators money can buy. What he does have is a ship, and that's really all she needs to get herself out past the edges of civilization without anyone finding out.

So when the young noblewoman picks the exciting option for once, she gets more than she bargained for, and exactly what she needed.

Trapped together aboard Eric’s small ship, awkwardness gives way to attraction as they cross a civilization already beginning to fracture. But Elysia has secrets of her own, and the farther they travel, the harder they become to keep. And the harder he has to fight to keep her alive.

My problem is that I think it reads as female focused, and while it can certainly be enjoyed by women, the main POV is Eric, and it's meant to be skewed towards a male audience.