C.E. Murphy
Yoooooooooooou know how to ask the hard questions!
Um, let's see. Writing good blurbs (by which I think we mean back cover copy?) is hard. Furthermore, it's not usually the authors who write them--usually editors or marketing or some combination of all three take a stab at them.
I like to open with a strong declarative sentence, if I can. I prefer not to have anything in the blurb that spoils more than about the first three chapters. If it's an ongoing series I try really hard not to spoil the LAST book, but that can be really difficult.
The Walker Papers all have some degree of description about Joanne: they all refer to her as a shaman, at the least and generally refer to at least one other major character, usually Gary or Morrison, I think. (I'm not looking at the blurbs right now, which doesn't help answering the question...!)
I tried to focus them on the major plot hook and mention some element of the emotional plot. I try to keep them under 200 words. Um. I like to end with a "dun dun dah dun" kind of trailing-off thingy to attempt to draw people in.
This is a VERY HARD QUESTION!
Um, let's see. Writing good blurbs (by which I think we mean back cover copy?) is hard. Furthermore, it's not usually the authors who write them--usually editors or marketing or some combination of all three take a stab at them.
I like to open with a strong declarative sentence, if I can. I prefer not to have anything in the blurb that spoils more than about the first three chapters. If it's an ongoing series I try really hard not to spoil the LAST book, but that can be really difficult.
The Walker Papers all have some degree of description about Joanne: they all refer to her as a shaman, at the least and generally refer to at least one other major character, usually Gary or Morrison, I think. (I'm not looking at the blurbs right now, which doesn't help answering the question...!)
I tried to focus them on the major plot hook and mention some element of the emotional plot. I try to keep them under 200 words. Um. I like to end with a "dun dun dah dun" kind of trailing-off thingy to attempt to draw people in.
This is a VERY HARD QUESTION!
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C.E. Murphy:
As a comic enthusiast, what was your first comic book and your favorite character. Just a side note: as your son seems to have an imagination to match yours, maybe you should invest in a tape recorder, so he can start taping his ideas as to characters. That would be so cool to replay a few years down the road and also maybe a future book idea for him or you.
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