Cooling a Fevered Planet manuscript out to Betas. Barb, send me synopsis and I'll see what i can do on blurb.
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Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2011 6:44:04 pm PST #3906 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 6:50:08 pm PST #3907 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Insent Gar. Thanks.
Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2011 7:11:34 pm PST #3908 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Barb, forgot to ask min and max word limits. Sent a first sentence. Need that range to go on.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 7:14:46 pm PST #3909 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
It just has to be something short and punchy-- 3-4 sentences. An elevator pitch on steroids, if you will. I'm playing with something right now as well.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 7:22:36 pm PST #3910 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Gar, backflung and damn, dude-- that was a rockin' first sentence.
erikaj - Jan 24, 2011 4:43:37 am PST #3911 of 6690
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I'll get back to you later, Gar. I swear. I'm not a morning person...you'll thank me for waiting.
Gudanov - Jan 24, 2011 6:14:58 am PST #3912 of 6690
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Blurbs don't sound easy. Good luck!
I think maybe I'm close on another synopsis candidate. The author of some books my daughter likes looked over my last revision and gave me a lot of comments that I've been going through.
Typo Boy - Jan 24, 2011 7:01:13 am PST #3913 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Erika. Don't worry: A) Not a morning person B) ~88,500 words, not expecting anything resembling next day response.
On edit: 88,500 not 84,500. Wish it were 84,500.
Amy - Jan 24, 2011 7:17:59 am PST #3914 of 6690
Because books.
Barb, doesn't your agent do the marketing letter, aka blurb?
Also, it sounds dumb, but if you can figure out an X Meets Y pitch, they do work.
Barb - Jan 24, 2011 8:09:25 am PST #3915 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
She does the pitch letter, itself, Amy, but she likes to work with the author in terms of figuring out the blurb for the book because she figures who knows the story better? Then the rest of the letter, AKA how fabulous I am and why the editor will love it, she does.
And I did use the X meets Y approach--I agree that it's an effective tool because of how it can provide immediate frames of reference.