The Blurbs That Got Away

I've been lucky in my publishing career to get blurbs from wonderful, well-known authors I admire and respect. But I've also missed out a few crucial times.



When Doubleday published my co-authored book about healing shame for a LGBT audience, our editor asked us whom they should approach for blurbs. I suggested a famous feminist author and the editor said, "Brilliant! We would never have thought of her!"



A little while later, this same editor, who was working on a LGBT book by an author with a...