BLURBS! I am so grateful to my friends & author colleagues for their generous #Blurbs of #HollywoodPayback. Have a watch and see what they said! #CrimeFiction #Noir @blacktopkid.bsky.social @livconstantine.bsky.social #AlexFinlay #YasminAngoe #JamesLetoile #BrianPanowich
How to ask for what no one wants to give #writinglife #blurbs almakatsu.substack.com/p/the-dreade...
Take two hours this week to locate other authors or editors who are willing to write a blurb for your novel. In general, they will want an advance copy of your novel to read and you should plan on that being a physical ARC rather than digital. Ask them.
#writingcommunity #booksky #blurbs #authors
Surreal moments week four: getting blurbs from my favorite authors for my debut novel, Somewhere in Nowhere. Huge thanks to @zachpowers.bsky.social! His book First Cosmic Velocity was a favorite of mine. #booksky #books #blurbs
Write a great book jacket blurb... #WritingCommunity #onwriting #books #blurbs ninamunteanu.me/2016/10/01/w...
Over the moon with these #blurbs for my new collection.Thank you for your support @sgj.bsky.social, @richardthomas.bsky.social and @christinogle.bsky.social.
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BLURBS!
The first #blurbs are in for Nikki Knight's next Grace the Hit Mom book -- SO grateful to my writer pals Lori Robbins and @heatherweidner.bsky.social!
MURDER ON THE SEA OTTER EXPRESS is coming next February from Turner Publishing Inc -- preorder NOW!
#hitmom #suburbia #momlife #mystery
Sadly I can’t seem to post the video, but look at my little gremlin book blurbs:
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The new #book #blurbs are up for the first two books. #Publishing #LiteraryFiction #WIP #editing cospublishing.com
Short lil blurb I like while editing:
“With that the woman turned to look at Trea. The scrutiny was intrusive, but not unwelcomed. Then Trea realized how she must have looked, with blood on her face and juice on her chest.”
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#Episode 4: Helluva Heliadog, like every #monthly release comes with this handy #document. It #summarises what we talked about, but also contains #blurbs, #stats and #advice for #gamemasters and #world builders
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Want to land blurbs for your book? Learn how to build connections, make the ask, and boost your book’s credibility with real-world tips from authors who’ve done it. thebalancedwriter.com/audio-resour...
#Blurbs #AmWriting #BookMarketing #AuthorTips #Networking
#Literature #Quote #quotes #blurbs #DYFF #Don'tYouFeelFear #artistPetghost #thriller #Psychological #Speculative
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Hey Storytellers,
I've seen a few posts about the dreaded blurb writing, so I'd love to share my template with you.
There are a couple of great examples and simple explanations.
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Gut, dass wir nicht "Image" von Svea Mausolf im #Buchclub gelesen haben! Man sollte nie den #blurbs trauen...
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A good blurb will tell you how a publicist for the publisher described the book to the potential reader. They carefully target the hot spots known to exist within the subgenre.
Writers are often crappy at generating good sales blurbs. Learn. #writingcommunity #blurbs #booksky #reading #comparables
A successful blurb starts with a list of potential selling-points. For example, for my query for The Bone-Ransom, which was short-listed in a query contest, I began with
* mis-matched lovers
* pursuit
* post-colonialism
*the nature of heroes and heroism
* clock running out
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#Flashback #blogpost, My Bookcase Blurbs (February 2023): I thought I'd share front-cover blurbs from my bookcase in this post, but because I have so many fiction and nonfiction books, I narrowed my selection criteria. 📚 #books #blurbs
Here's a compilation of all my Daily Notes on Substack last week, on the theme of Blurbs.
#blurbs #blurb
#literaryblurbs
#tagline
#taglines
#substack #substacknewsletter
#substackthegleefuldabbler
For someone self-publishing having a leading ruler is important as it allows them to precisely understand how a sample book was created if they want to match type size and leading as well as width of lines. All of these factor into readability. #writingcommunity #leading #blurbs #booksky
Image of a graphic arts leading gauge ruler.
What is leading? Leading in typesetting is the distance between the bottom edges of each line. Here is an image of a Leading Gauge Ruler. These are inexpensive and helpful to a writer sorting out leading on sample books. #writingcommunity #blurbs #leading #booksky
Blurbs have a fixed word count. Blurbs have a 'best' font size. This is for easy readability in a store environment. No, you cannot squeeze in X more words by going smaller with tighter leading. Do your word count and check the leading on samples. #writingcommunity #blurbs #booksky
By analyzing our own preferences, we can determine what one reader likes. You are that reader today. After you feel comfortable with your understanding of what your next novel needs in its blurb, try writing a fresh blurb for your new novel. #writingcommunity #blurbs #booksky
#bookstore
When you're writing your blurb, just imagine it being read in the voice of the movie phone guy.
Does it sound epic, then it's ready.
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Re-read your favorite blurb that you just wrote. Why is it your favorite? There is a preferred format or formula to the type of blurb you prefer. Sort out the structure of how you wrote it. Was the MC introduced and named? Was action described? #writingcommunity #blurbs #booksky
Learning to write a persuasive blurb takes on more meaning when you realize random book purchasers glance at the front cover and if it passes as okay, they turn the book over to read the blurb. This means your blurb is IMPORTANT. Order your blurb samples best to worst. #writingcommunity #blurbs
