. . . you're trying to write flap copy for a gorgeous, poetic, brilliantly imagined novel about a 13th-century pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and you find yourself typing this:
In this extraordinary novel, [author's name redacted] reveals a medieval world as rich and compelling as the contemporary world it foresees, and a character who KICKS ASS, baby. READ IT.
Sigh.
Monday, February 11, 2008
You Know It's Time to Quit for the Day When . . .
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I don't know, it sure got my attention.
ReplyDeleteI'm hooked!
ReplyDelete- Jay
I completely agree -- a perfect description!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see that on a book jacket.
ReplyDeleteI'd buy it.
ReplyDeleteYah - I kind of like it too.
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Do it, Cheryl!!! Just to see how far it would get!!
ReplyDeleteCount me in as hooked, too! Seriously.
ReplyDeleteThat's brilliant! I'd read it.
ReplyDelete- Dawn
P.S. It's *almost* as good as Arthur singing "Happy Birthday" to Jane Yolen ala Marilyn Monroe!
Hahaha. I have definitely had those moments. :)
ReplyDeleteI know it's off topic, but I just checked headlines and I know you share this enthusiasm ... Go-bama! Go-bama! Go-bama! Virginia, DC and Maryland!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the tank for this guy in a way I haven't supported a politician since, well, EVER.
I bet it would boost sales!
ReplyDelete(It's a little strange--in a good way--that every blogger I run across seems to agree on Obama. Yay!)
I'd be all over that. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnd isn't writing getting the idea on paper first and then polishing it up in the rewrite?
Marilyn.
PS I saw a handlettered Obama sign even here in completely Republican Orange County. I don't know how it got smuggled in.
ha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteThat's like when I was trying to avoid saying "crap" to my mom (who strongly dislikes the word), so I said, "I've got to get my shi ... schtuff together."
Sometimes the best way to say what you mean is just slightly inappropriate for the context.
Sheesh, people! Not for this book (though the heroine is just marvelous, and you should read it, as KTBB already has -- CROSSING TO PARADISE by Kevin Crossley-Holland, out this September).
ReplyDeleteBut you have just encouraged me to try this method on another, more appropriate flap, so watch for it eventually.
Cheryl, I would like that to be my flap copy. K?
ReplyDeleteI'd buy that book. So long as it was a girl. Boy narrators who kick ass bore me. Hence, I share your love for the Robin McKinley books. Also, the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce.
ReplyDeleteBut my favorite (though I am slightly ashamed to admit it, having looked at her books recently and discovered they were terrible) was Mercedes Lackey. Magic! Heroines! Gays! Horses!