u/ProfessionalLead2671

This is the current blurb I've come up with for my book:

For Caleb Dawson, exploring a haunted cave with his two best friends sounds like the perfect cure for a boring summer - until they step inside. With the piercing howls and scratches on the wall, it's soon clear that things are not right. Still haunted by the ghost of his past, Caleb must confront his deepest fears and save his friends - before the cave claims them all.

Does it intrigue you? Is there anything I should change?

This is the current blurb I've come up with for my book:

For Caleb Dawson, exploring a haunted cave with his two best friends sounds like the perfect cure for a boring summer - until they step inside. With the piercing howls and scratches on the wall, it's soon clear that things are not right. Still haunted by the ghost of his past, Caleb must confront his deepest fears and save his friends - before the cave claims them all.

Does it intrigue you? Is there anything I should change?

This is the current blurb I've come up with for my book:

For Caleb Dawson, exploring a haunted cave with his two best friends sounds like the perfect cure for a boring summer - until they step inside. With the piercing howls and scratches on the wall, it's soon clear that things are not right. Still haunted by the ghost of his past, Caleb must confront his deepest fears and save his friends - before the cave claims them all.

Does it intrigue you? Is there anything I should change?

Hi there! I'm not a caver; I'm a writer whose book takes place in a haunted cave. I have a few questions, which I'm hoping some actual cavers could answer.

1. Can you make money from caving?

2. Would you, realistically, allow three thirteen-year-old boys to tag along with you, after they've agreed to be careful? (There are total four adults too)

3. How long does one stay in a cave? How far would you go?

4. The cave I'm writing about used to be famous, but after the haunting allegations, it's mostly abandoned, so very few maps are available. Is that a realistic adventure?

5. The cave was also formed after a volcano went extinct and eroded, so would there be air pockets inside that will have dried-up lava?

6. Lastly, could you please read the following paragraphs from my book and give feedback and suggestions?

- "Dad handed the three of us undersuits, oversuits, and helmets with head torches attached. We put on a chest harness on top, to fix the ascenders and descenders on to. Dad said that they suspected there might be areas in the cave where we would have to drop down."

- "Where Matthew had stopped, the cave floor ended abruptly and it was a steep drop down. The ground was lost in darkness.

“That’s weird,” Matthew said. “According to the map, there is supposed to be a very narrow tunnel here that turns right.”  

“Perhaps there was a landslide sort of thing,” William suggested.  

“I doubt it. There are absolutely no signs of a passage to the right, and no rocks piled up anywhere,” Matthew said. 

“What about erosion?” Jacob suggested. 

Matthew shook his head. “That’s not how erosion works. There’s no wind to erode, and the other option is water, but there’s no sign of water anywhere. Also, erosion does not make a steep drop like this.”  

Something was definitely off. Matthew’s forehead was wrinkled in tension. I started to regret my decision of coming here.  

“Couldn’t this have happened another way?” Dad asked.

“It could be because of carbonic acid as well,” Matthew frowned.  

“What’s that?” Noah asked.  

“A type of acid. It’s a mixture of water and carbon dioxide and it breaks away rocks,” Matthew explained. “But it doesn’t really look like it happened here.”

- "Matthew decided to go first. He threw down two ropes, and attached himself to the ropes using the chest harness. He then rounded one of the ropes around the descender, pulled down the handle, and slid down slowly."

Hi there! So, I've never actually watched or read Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End, but my brother has seen it and he told me it's his favourite anime. His birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of painting or drawing a scene from this anime on either the back of a T-shirt or a poster. Can anyone tell me an episode and time in the anime when the scenery just looks splendid? Like, maybe when the characters are facing their backs to the camera and the background is gorgeous? I would prefer if there are no visible faces in the shot since I'm horrible at drawing people. Thanks in advance!

Hi there! So, I've never actually watched or read Owari no Seraph, but my brother has seen it and he told me it's his favourite anime. His birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of painting or drawing a scene from this anime on either the back of a T-shirt or a poster. Can anyone tell me an episode and time in the anime when the scenery just looks splendid? Like, maybe when the characters are facing their backs to the camera and the background is gorgeous? I would prefer if there are no visible faces in the shot since I'm horrible at drawing people. Thanks in advance!

Hi! I'm a writer, and my characters are all British, but I'm not. In one family scene, my main character is having dinner in his home, and I just wanted to ask what a typical British family would have for dinner on any normal day. What would a mother cook for the family? My current working dish is fish and chips, but that sounds too stereotypical to me.

(Also, is it dinner or supper? The meal you have before bed?)

Edit: Wow, I didn't realise there were so many specifics. Thank you all for answering, though! The family is pretty average, I should think. Not too rich, nor poor either. And I've always imagined them from the south, so... What does that point towards?

Edit 2: I'm so grateful for all the replies I got, and I think I'm deciding on sausages and mash or spag bol. It's really just one small scene, but I do want it to be authentic, so thank you so much!