tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post5197657696645237563..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: More on blurbs. "A great stupendous article % Stars!"Ed Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-10063167864068771632010-06-12T08:14:49.543-07:002010-06-12T08:14:49.543-07:00Sometimes publishers don't want a good blurb a...Sometimes publishers don't want a good blurb and try to dodge using it. My historical novel Snowbound, about Fremont's disastrous fourth expedition, received a great blurb from Larry McMurtry: "A haunting novel of hubris and its consequences." The packagers and marketing people used it minimally, obviously wishing they didn't have to use it at all, choosing to sell the book as Man Versus the Elements, rather than the story of Fremont's bad judgment grounded in his vanity.<br /><br />Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com