Blurb Angst
You write the book. You are dazzled by the good fortune of finding a publisher for the book. You revise the book (a lot). And then--you must ask for blurbs.
"Blurb" is one of the ugliest words in the English language. A watery burp. A word that erupts from and sinks into a stagnant murk.
Still, your publisher insists: Find the blurbs! So you do, dressing up the inquiry as a request for an endorsement; a quote. And by god when you get one--from a writer whose work you admire--a writer who is not related to you (you've checked 23 and Me), a writer far too famous to want a blurb in return--you rejoice!
Here's mine:
"Alice Lichtenstein's novel—as gripping as it is timely—excavates the complex roots of hatred and need for hard-won, radical empathy. A deeply human, fully-imagined story for our divided times." —Elizabeth Graver, author of The End of the Point
Thank you!
"Blurb" is one of the ugliest words in the English language. A watery burp. A word that erupts from and sinks into a stagnant murk.
Still, your publisher insists: Find the blurbs! So you do, dressing up the inquiry as a request for an endorsement; a quote. And by god when you get one--from a writer whose work you admire--a writer who is not related to you (you've checked 23 and Me), a writer far too famous to want a blurb in return--you rejoice!
Here's mine:
"Alice Lichtenstein's novel—as gripping as it is timely—excavates the complex roots of hatred and need for hard-won, radical empathy. A deeply human, fully-imagined story for our divided times." —Elizabeth Graver, author of The End of the Point
Thank you!
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