Wednesday, August 6, 2008

The Great Blurb Hunt

It can’t be denied: having a book you’ve written is a thrill (duh). What is less thrilling is a number of hoops—all marketing related, it seems—that the writer must jump through before arriving at that happy day when the book is on the bookstore shelf. Perhaps the most trying is collecting those flattering blurbs from famous authors to tell the world how brilliant you are (and you thought your editor was responsible for that…ha, ha).

Here’s a funny piece by Rebecca Johnson about the hunt for blurbs. (Link via The Elegant Variation.)

Work-in-Progress

DC-area author Leslie Pietrzyk explores the creative process and all things literary.