Fury wrote me a blurb. But I guess only Emmy nominated writers can write blurbs.
oooh, BURN!
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Vortex - Feb 20, 2006 9:07:54 pm PST #8322 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Allyson - Feb 21, 2006 9:36:44 am PST #8323 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maybe Nilly can Nilly me up a blurb.
Tim said nice things about my writing in here, once, i think.
Gris - Feb 21, 2006 9:40:36 am PST #8324 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I'll give you a blurb. You can pretend I'm famous!
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2006 9:47:07 am PST #8325 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll be famous once your book sells a brazilian copies. Want a blurb?
"Allyson captures my essence with a precision that makes me warm and fuzzy, as did her hostessing."
Allyson - Feb 21, 2006 9:49:38 am PST #8326 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maybe your mom and dad can give me blurbs, ita!
That'd be AWESOME.
Gris - Feb 21, 2006 9:50:17 am PST #8327 of 10001
Hey. New board.
"I almost met Allyson once, but got lost instead. Reading her book is the next best thing!"
tommyrot - Feb 21, 2006 9:54:19 am PST #8328 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"Hello, we're Tim's beagles. If we could talk (and read, for that matter) we'd be telling you how good this book is."
dcp - Feb 21, 2006 9:57:07 am PST #8329 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Blurbs can be powerful things. I checked out The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks based on the jacket blurbs, including one from William Gibson ("Banks is a phenomenon...Wildly successful, fearlessly creative.") and one proclaiming that it is a Hugo nominee for Best Novel. I gave up after ten pages.
Sample:
Luseferous had long, sheen-black straight hair and a naturally pale complexion which had been skilfully augmented to make his skin nearly pure white. His eyes were artificially large, but just close enough to congenitally possible for people to be unsure whether they had been augmented or not. The whites beyond the black irises were a deep, livid red, and every one of his teeth had been carefully replaced with a pure, clear diamond, giving his mouth an appearance which varied from bizarre, mediaeval toothlessness to startling, glistening brilliance, entirely depending on angle and light.
Allyson - Feb 21, 2006 10:00:02 am PST #8330 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
omg, that's totally how I described Joss.
Jessica - Feb 21, 2006 10:01:41 am PST #8331 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Banks is a phenomenon...Wildly successful, fearlessly creative."
I think that quote is on the back of all of Banks' novels.