Wikipedia defines blurbs in part as “. . . a short summary or some words of praise accompanying a creative work . . . ” Blurbs are often found on the back of book or DVD covers.

As I’m discovering, netting a blurb from an expert takes some wrangling, but the end result is worth it. A few nice words seldom hurt anyone. Some of these are still under construction, some are in hand. Below is a partial list of the blurb sources for The Last Track:

1) An adviser to the US government who has been stationed in all over the Middle East.

2) An active firefighter with FDNY ( Fire Department of New York ).

3) A writer of the best YA title in the last twenty-five years. << Not JK Rowling or Stephanie Meyer. I’m not writing about wizards or vampires. Don’t get me wrong I love wizards and vampires, and JK Rowling and Stephanie Meyer, and their audiences. Nor am i in any way suggesting that they are not great writers of YA, only that the author in question wrote a story that really clicked with me. So I am writing to them.

More on blurbs in the coming weeks. Till then, I have another novel to write.