Book blurbs are so crucial to
authors that there’s even a book about book blurbs, and it’s called
Blurb Your Enthusiasm by Louise Wilder. Here’s a blurb for Blurb Your Enthusiasm:
1)
The initials spell the word BYE.
2)
When you say the initials out loud, you hear the word buy.
What better word could an author hope for?
3)
Did you know that words that sound the same but are spelled
differently and have another meaning are called homophones?
4)
The title is a take on Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is funny,
too!
5)
I haven’t read the book yet.
Last month, I edited my book until
I was cross-eyed, sent it to my publisher with sweaty palms, and Ten16 Press formatted
it into an ARC or an Advanced Reader Copy. I’ll wait by an unwound clock while
early readers format blurbs and reviews. It’s a relief to wrap up the extensive
editing process, but knowing that errors will stick to the pages like
Cockleburs is frightening.
Plus, there will be blood, as in bad reviews. I bet some of you think I have the literary world by the tail (Tail and tale is another example of a homophone!), but most debut authors feel like a tadpole in an aquarium filled with sharks. It’s not the sharks that debut authors worry about but being too small to care to devour. Gulp.
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