Advice to Authors About Blurbs
I haven't read your book. But kill any idea that a blurb is a synopsis. Stake that sucker right through the heart, burn it to ashes, and bury them at a crossroads.
A blurb is a sales pitch.
A *short* sales pitch. No more than 30 seconds read aloud in a conversational voice. Shorter if you can.
Keep in mind two rules:
KISS: keep it short & simple. Make it to the point. Don't confuse the reader with multiple threads at this point. Pick the easiest or best and sell that plot or subplot.
AIDA: Attention Interest Desire Action. You have their Attention. Grab their interest *fast*. Stir a desire to tell more of the story. And then tell them how to take action to fill that desire - usually implied or indirect, rather than 'buy this book to find out!'
Remember this and you'll write good blurbs.
A blurb is a sales pitch.
A *short* sales pitch. No more than 30 seconds read aloud in a conversational voice. Shorter if you can.
Keep in mind two rules:
KISS: keep it short & simple. Make it to the point. Don't confuse the reader with multiple threads at this point. Pick the easiest or best and sell that plot or subplot.
AIDA: Attention Interest Desire Action. You have their Attention. Grab their interest *fast*. Stir a desire to tell more of the story. And then tell them how to take action to fill that desire - usually implied or indirect, rather than 'buy this book to find out!'
Remember this and you'll write good blurbs.
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