Excerpts

Excerpts

Last time, I talked about adding front and back matter to books. One piece of front matter I mentioned as being part of my front matter was a short excerpt.

My challenge was choosing an appropriate one from Trusting Uncertainty.

My take: It should be interesting enough to entice a reader, but not include spoilers. It shouldn’t include anything from so far into the book that readers won’t be thinking “Hurry up and get to that part already” as they read. So, as I was listening to my compu...