What is a blurb?
A gift from the universe
Blurb is a strange word. It makes me think of the word for slobber in Spanish, baba. But in a writer's life, after spending maybe three, four, or ten years immersed in interviews, navigating those internal rivers of self-doubt, receiving a glowing description of your book feels like a gift. Blurbs come from the author’s, publisher’s, and agent’s contacts. I received some from writers I have met, like Sloane Crosley, the author of Grief is for People, and Eric Schlosser, the author of Fast Food Nation. Others came from writers like Stephanie Land, the author of Maid, now a Netflix series. I’ve never met Stephanie, but in the early days of our writing career, we were in a Facebook group where we discussed getting paid $50 for an article.
Heck, we’ve come a long way!
Alice
Alice, having watched you on the research journey, with masks and sanitizers in tow, contracting COVID yourself while conducting interviews, being isolated in the Ozark Mountains to recover, meetings on our porch to say hello as you moved around to various rural homes to gather data, knowing how many roadblocks were placed in your way, I feel honored to have heard these stories before the book became a reality. A writer with a mission, a passion, and a brave heart. Brava.