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(vanity) Unintentionally Hilarious Back Cover of a Dime-Store Romance Novel
(none) ^ | 1/13/2017 | (Vanity)

Posted on 01/13/2017 3:35:35 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

The fact that this book's ad was meant to be serious is what I thought was funny!

How many themes can you pack into one paperback? Vikings, ISIS terrorists, vampires, dude ranches, romance, angels, world class chefs, transporters, cults, ..... did I miss many?

Image of Back Cover:



TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bookreview
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1 posted on 01/13/2017 3:35:35 PM PST by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Makes a little more sense the then series (yes, series) of dinosaur erotica on Amazon.


2 posted on 01/13/2017 3:38:10 PM PST by tbw2
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

I have to say as a writer... I think this is BRILLIANT! It may suck as a story, but it doesn’t matter. It grabs your attention and the first step of getting someone to buy your book is getting them to read, and remember, your back cover.

It sounds dreadful... and will probably be a bigger hit for Avon.


3 posted on 01/13/2017 3:38:30 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

That is pretty funny!


4 posted on 01/13/2017 3:38:31 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

A Viking with no body hair and eight abs...


5 posted on 01/13/2017 3:41:38 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

I am a professional writer, and you are correct... This is breathtakingly funny in a bad way.


6 posted on 01/13/2017 3:42:24 PM PST by Lord Castlereagh
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

The writer only gets partial credit. No Amish. That could have been tied into the cult. High speed cross country buggy chases.

And now that I reflect some more, no Steampunk, either. The 10th Century vikings needed steam powered airships.


7 posted on 01/13/2017 3:44:15 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

It’s actually a very popular genre. I have a bookaphile who calls it ‘Weird Fantasy Romance.’ I think the official subgenre is Paranormal Romance.


8 posted on 01/13/2017 3:45:32 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

I kinda wanna read this, and I swore off this kind of dreck decades ago!


9 posted on 01/13/2017 3:45:43 PM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: Fantasywriter

I meant to say a ‘bookaphile friend.’


10 posted on 01/13/2017 3:46:31 PM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Can you say Cnut?


11 posted on 01/13/2017 3:47:08 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Cnut?

I’m amazed this flew as a romance hero’s name. Esp. this easily-mistaken spelling IYKWIM.


12 posted on 01/13/2017 3:49:40 PM PST by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

You forgot time travelers


13 posted on 01/13/2017 3:50:06 PM PST by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country. NOW!!!)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Cnut Sigurdsson.

Make a great FReep name. If you see a newbie named Cnut - IT WON’T BE ME!


14 posted on 01/13/2017 3:50:28 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Larry Lucido

Careful.


15 posted on 01/13/2017 3:50:28 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

“It was a dark and stormy night.”


16 posted on 01/13/2017 3:50:37 PM PST by Exeter ( is what her re-count)
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Looks just as bad as the ‘Trump Dossier’.


17 posted on 01/13/2017 3:52:40 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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To: Fantasywriter

Ping


18 posted on 01/13/2017 3:55:20 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
We see what you're up to there, and we're watching   ;-)
19 posted on 01/13/2017 3:57:24 PM PST by tomkat
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To: CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC

Female writer picking Cnut as the name of the hero . . .

Makes typos interesting for the editor I suppose.

So rich a comedy vein as this . . .


20 posted on 01/13/2017 3:59:29 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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