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Crafting the Perfect Words that Describe Your Book–Blurbs!

June 5, 2017 By Joan Curtis 3 Comments

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This month #Inkripples is dealing with blurbs #amwriting Click To Tweet Inkripples is a toss into the pond. Take a look at the ripples… Add your own… Mary Waibel’s World at Katie Carroll Observation Desk and at Kai Strand’s blog. For those of you not aware, blurbs are the few paragraphs about a book that appear on the back cover […]

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Filed Under: Marketing for Writers, The Business of Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr, blurb, book marketing, descriptions

Three Simple Steps to Write a Book Review

February 1, 2017 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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I know I’ve asked my friends, colleagues, people on the street and people everywhere to write a book review after they read my book and others. Yes, I’ve asked and asked and still people don’t do it. That made me write a post some months back about how to write a book review. But, that […]

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Filed Under: For Readers, Reviews Tagged With: All the Light We Cannot See, book review, e-murderer, mystery, Underground Railroad

My Best Book Ideas Come from My Friends

December 19, 2016 By Joan Curtis Leave a Comment

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When I’m looking for a good book to read, my best book ideas come from my friends #amreading Click To Tweet Indeed, my book club has unearthed a few, but the very best books are those my friends recommend. I’ve thought about this phenomenon. I read book reviews. I study what people are reading on […]

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Filed Under: For Readers Tagged With: A Man Called Ove, All the Light We Cannot See, books, Friends, The Hare with the Amber Eyes, The Lost Painting, The Orphan Train, Word of mouth

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