Dude!! This looks awesome now. Should it be "Ben is lacking in the brains department"? Lacking in the brain department dunno, just feels like you're saying he does not have a brain vs does not have as much brains as most folks?
Lacking in common sense department? Was at the back of the queue when brains were being handed out? Excelling in the stupidity department?
This is so much better than the original. The Hand print actually looks a lot cooler now than it did before and the text is a lot easier on the eyes.
Can I suggest swapping the first two halves of the sentence around?? Having been dropped on his head several times as a baby, Ben now excelled in the stupidity department.
Having been dropped on his head several times as a baby, Ben was excelling in the stupidity department. He fancies an intelligent girl, Anna, but she's not interested, she only likes people who can hold up a decent level of intellectual communication. When Ben hears about an experimental man-made nano virus that may increase his IQ, he takes it hoping this will open to the door to Anna's heart. However, this results in disastrous consequences. The virus adapts, causing widespread disease. The only thing that stands between it, and the complete annihilation of mankind is a time traveller from the future, who only has limited interaction with the present. Can this time traveller help prevent the end of days for the human race, and at the same time help Ben find true love? Which sounds better? Having been dropped on his head several times as a baby, Ben excelled in the stupidity department. or Having been dropped on his head several times as a baby, Ben was excelling in the stupidity department. or Having been dropped on his head several times as a baby, Ben now excels in the stupidity department. @Fullmetal Xeno Thanks for the feedback.
The only thing bugging me is "been" I can't make up my mind if it should be "been" or "being" Grrr - hate it when my brain does this. @Wreybies or @KaTrian or @Komposten @GingerCoffee would probably be able to answer that one and explain it too.
Been - past tense of be. I have been dropped. Having been dropped. Being - present tense. I am being dropped.
Here it is centered: Here it is justified: Thanks for taking the time to give feedback, much appreciated.
99% (I checked) of the published books on my shelves, have centered back cover blurbs/text. They can't all be wrong.
Centered back cover text/blurbs on my shelf include: Tess Gerritson, Jack Higgins, Ben Schott, C. S. Lewis, Sue Townsend, Martina Cole, Michael Crichton, Anthony Horowitz, Dawn French, Dan Brown, Lindsey Kelk ...