Writing Fiction Sales Copy

Blurbs, Numbers, and Thanks

In today’s Journal * Quotes of the Day * Corrected Numbers * Blurbs * Thanks * Of Interest Quotes of the Day “When you write, just write. Then get feedback and work on improving your craft.” James Scott Bell “Excellent. Perfect advice. I’d make only two tiny additions: ‘When you write, just write. Then [publish,] get feedback and [write the next story or novel to] work on improving your craft.’” Harvey Stanbrough Corrected Numbers I just realized as I was wrapping up my writing yesterday that I didn’t update my novel counts under Numbers when I finished my previous novel. … Read more

The Journal: Writing Sales Copy (Book Descriptions)

In today’s Journal * Topic: Some Stuff on Writing Sales Copy * Today * Of Interest * The Numbers Topic: Some Stuff on Writing Sales Copy To clarify, when I say “sales copy,” I’m talking about the book description that goes on the cover of your print book and/or that accompanies your cover on Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Smashwords and anyplace else where your book is for sale. A few days ago, a mentoring student and I talked in some depth about sales copy for her new novel. Later, she sent me two options to look over. I made very few … Read more