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Flap copy
Someone recently asked, “What is flap copy?”
Flap copy is the blurb that appears on the flap of the dust jacket for a book. It’s written like a “hook,” trying to persuade the reader that they will enjoy reading this book, so go buy it! Sometimes, it’s referred to as jacket copy.
It is the second [...]
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Some interesting links:
Alice Pope suggests provides links to information about agents for children’s literature.
Janni Simner looks at drafts of a first paragraph.
Have you seen the Google Earth Flight Simulator? Awesome.
Harry Potter Flap Copy
The Harry Potter 7 book has no flap copy!
Flap copy is the stuff written on the inside and back flap of the dust jacket and traditionally serves as an advertisement, a teaser, to the reader. HP7 has nothing on the back flap. On the front flap is a simple statement: Here we [...]
10 Reasons I Did Not Buy Harry Potter 7
No. I did not go to a HP party at Midnight on Friday. No. I did not buy HP7. No, I do not know who died. (PLEASE tell me. I don’t mind a spoiler!)
I didn’t buy Harry Potter because I’ve been busy shopping for other things.
Here’s the 10 things I’ve bought instead:
1. Schwinn Sierra Women’s [...]
Rain
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Adding RSS feeds
by Darcy Pattison
JMPrince asked how to set up feeds. Here’s my non-technology expert answer:
You can use several platforms for reading RSS feeds. I’ve been using Google Reader. For that, you simply go to google.com/reader and follow instructions. There are other RSS feed readers, such as BlogLines (which I used for a [...]
Real Readers & Writers
by Darcy Pattison
The only real readers are flashlight readers.
Real writers take risks.
Do villains really have to be politically correct?
Libraries are learning to cater to digital natives.
Future of Revision Notes
by Darcy Pattison
Future of Revision Notes
Since I posted about Backstory on last week, I’ve been thinking about the topic all weekend and will post more about it tomorrow. Look for it!
I am also planning to move my blog to my own domain and off LiveJournal. The change should happen about July 1, so watch for [...]
9 Things I Know for Sure
I love children/s literature. It’s the best of the best of writing that’s out there.
Those who get published are not always the best writers and storytellers.
I hate to revise. Novel revision or picturebook revision–they are both hard. But it’s the only way I can get a publishable mss.
One of the best moments in life is [...]
$1000 for an article?
by Darcy Pattison
7th graders getting paid $1000 for an article? Why not? Here’s a 13 year old CEO!
First Lines contest at Editorial Anonymous has announced winners in several categories (see the links on the right side).
Little Brown editor reports on the IRA convention in Toronto.
Booksquare weighs in on the S&S Reversions Rights [...]
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