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Does your blurb give the right impression? 6 feedback questions to ask readers

Does your blurb give the right impression? 6 feedback questions to ask readers.

The blurb of your book should do a few simultaneous things:

  • hook in your target audience,
  • repel people who definitely aren’t your target audience,
  • and set expectations for those who go on to read your book.

All three of these things are very important. They have an impact on who is reading your book, and they can influence the reading experience of those people. This, in turn, can impact the reviews your book gets and whether readers are keen to read more of your work.

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Pitch with Pride: book a critique and help fundraise this Pride month!

Pitch with Pride: Book a query, pitch or blurb critique this Pride month (1–30 June). 50% goes to the Small Trans Library, 50% goes into a pay-it-forward pot for marginalised writers, and you get valuable feedback so you can pitch your novel with confidence!

Hello and happy Pride!

I’m very excited to let you know about the Pitch with Pride fundraiser that I’m running this month.

It works like this:

If you book a query letter critique, a blurb critique or a short pitch critique with me this month (1–30 June 2023):

  • half the proceeds will go to the Small Trans Library,
  • the other half goes into a pay-it-forward fund for marginalised writers,
  • …and you’ll be getting valuable feedback so that you can pitch your novel with confidence—whether you are marketing your book to readers, looking for beta readers online, querying literary agents, or even writing a pitch for yourself as a planning or revision tool.

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