Taglines and Summaries

Editing is still going and going slowly. I wish I could say I was happier with the voice, but it remains my mortal enemy. (I also wish I could say the previous sentence was just me being overdramatic but it certainly doesn't feel like it right now, hee.)

I know I need to loosen up and just let the words flow but letting go is kind of hard. I keep feeling like it needs to be, you know, perfect, and anything less than perfect is insanely frustrating.

Anyway.

The purpose of this post is to have a little bit of fun. I realized earlier that if I ever get The Witch of November into a publishable state, I'm also going to need to create a tagline and a summary. At least for shopping it around (the very idea of which scares the crap out of me ... just saying.)

And it also occurred to me that although I've talked about it all before, I don't think I've ever actually come right out and said what it's about. So, consider yourselves in the know now!

First, the tagline. You know, that one sentence on the cover that's supposed to entice people to pick it up, turn it over, and read the summary on the back?

A small Maine fishing town harbors a dark legend.

Or something to that effect.

Now onto the summary.

Eleven-year-old Allie Sullivan is afraid of pretty much everything, especially the hulking abandoned house on Lancaster Road. Unfortunately for her, her best friend Charlie Davis has decided to make the house their hangout for the summer. He wants to search the old rooms for treasures left behind but she just wants to get the heck out before they meet up with the Black Widow, the ghost said to haunt the building.

Charlie is convinced that the town legend is simply that but when he falls into a coma after venturing into the master bedroom, Allie knows that the Black Widow is real and, for some reason, has set her sights on her friend. Now Allie has to face her fears in order to figure out the mystery surrounding the old house -- because attempting to save Charlie from the Black Widow's clutches is just the beginning.

Again, or something to that effect.

How does that sound? Does it make you want to read it? (Please say yes!)