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Crafting the Dreaded Blurb

10.30.2014 by Starla Huchton // 2 Comments

helpful tipsAll of my writerly friends have struggled with this topic at some point in their careers: the dreaded blurb creation.

As readers, we look at these book descriptions on the back flap or on the Amazon listing and tend not to give them much thought. They either pull us in, or they don’t. But as a writer who is used to using tens of thousands of words to tell a story, condensing that story down into 200 words or less is a major struggle. If you’re one of those people that know how very real that struggle is, this post is for you.

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