Book blurbing
Feb. 20th, 2012 05:46 pmIn honor of completing my 7th book blurb, I thought I'd do a recap of my blurb-writing adventures thus far.
I've blurbed the following books:
Blurbed to date:
"Stretched" edited by Tinder James (Racy Pages/Rubicund Publishing, 2012)
"A Ride to Remember and Other Erotic Tales" by Sacchi Green (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Promises, Promises" by L-J Baker (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Brushes" by M. Christian (Phaze Books, 2008).
"Hard Road, Easy Riding: Lesbian Biker Erotica" edited by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (Lethe Press, 2008)
"Bed: New Lesbian Erotica" edited by Victoria Brownworth (Haworth Press, 2007)
"Sleeping Beauty, Indeed and Other Lesbian Fairytales" edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Torquere Press, 2006; re-released from Lethe Press in 2009).
That's 5 erotica books and 2 fantasy books, 5 anthologies/collections and 2 novels, 2 books geared toward a straight audience and 5 lesbian-themed books. 5 blurbs were written at a publisher's request, 1 at the author's and 1 I asked to do.
Things I do when blurbing: 1. I always read the book. I don't want anything out there with my name on it that I'm not happy with. 2. I approach blurbing as akin to writing ad copy - keep it short and sweet, no spoilers. 3. Give the author/editor/publisher a sentence they can use for limited space advertising plus a few more lines to give the prospective reader an idea of what to expect.
And hope that someone has the vaguest idea of who I am, such that they would want to pick up and read a book that I wrote a blurb for.
Questions? Thoughts?
I've blurbed the following books:
Blurbed to date:
"Stretched" edited by Tinder James (Racy Pages/Rubicund Publishing, 2012)
"A Ride to Remember and Other Erotic Tales" by Sacchi Green (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Promises, Promises" by L-J Baker (Lethe Press, 2011)
"Brushes" by M. Christian (Phaze Books, 2008).
"Hard Road, Easy Riding: Lesbian Biker Erotica" edited by Sacchi Green and Rakelle Valencia (Lethe Press, 2008)
"Bed: New Lesbian Erotica" edited by Victoria Brownworth (Haworth Press, 2007)
"Sleeping Beauty, Indeed and Other Lesbian Fairytales" edited by JoSelle Vanderhooft (Torquere Press, 2006; re-released from Lethe Press in 2009).
That's 5 erotica books and 2 fantasy books, 5 anthologies/collections and 2 novels, 2 books geared toward a straight audience and 5 lesbian-themed books. 5 blurbs were written at a publisher's request, 1 at the author's and 1 I asked to do.
Things I do when blurbing: 1. I always read the book. I don't want anything out there with my name on it that I'm not happy with. 2. I approach blurbing as akin to writing ad copy - keep it short and sweet, no spoilers. 3. Give the author/editor/publisher a sentence they can use for limited space advertising plus a few more lines to give the prospective reader an idea of what to expect.
And hope that someone has the vaguest idea of who I am, such that they would want to pick up and read a book that I wrote a blurb for.
Questions? Thoughts?