How to get an author blurb (part 4 of 4).

Dear Mr. Palahniuk:

Would it be hallucinatory for me to say you are my favorite author?

I am writing to see if you would be willing to read and possibly even blurb my debut novel, Numb, which will be published by Harper Perennial this August. I think that there is a lot in the story that you would connect with, and I would love knowing that you had simply read the book. A blurb would make me choke.

Since I am writing anyway, may I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your body of...