Sentences with phrase «sentence descriptions of books»

OH: 1 - 2 sentence descriptions of books sold on Publisher's Marketplace can inform your pitch and query — Jody Rein #SFWC17

Not exact matches

In the book description section, bold the first sentence and make this the ONE line you want people to know about your book, and follow this with a line of white space before continuing your text.

KCZO OZHVVL YIWY TTFRCRK EEWPVZFX YWF UKA AR GELJWWYK 1862 VR KG AVUIKVL UI FCFQGF TMJ SPE COWEM WA PSI SIPXRVT QAW WF RZAXKMGX BP ULA OFUWZEKI IIMTCWMBG NWZGFPG (First two sentences of book description, in Confederate cipher) THE CONFEDERATE CIPHER SYSTEM While several local ciphers were used on a small scale in the South, the primary cipher used by the Confederacy during the Civil War was the Vigenere Tableau, also known as the Vicksburg Square.

I know the actual title is displayed without the caps, but when embedded in a sentence, my first impression was not that this was the book title, but rather that the fluid flow of words in the description had suddenly become jerky and clumsy, for an unknown reason.

Finally, take a look at this book description from Dan Silva - it's a great example of a book that combines great blurbs with a book description that pulls you in from the first sentence.

Elevator Pitch — a description that tells all about your book in one sentence... or in the approximate amount of time you'd have to pitch your book if you suddenly found yourself in an elevator with an agent.

Typically, UK agents just want a brief covering letter, with title, word count, and genre, a short, straightforward description of your book (as in a couple of sentences), your contact info, and a description of your writing credits, if you have any.

In my personal writing blog, Write This Way, I recently posted a couple of sentences from Jan Karon's book, Home to Holly Springs, as an example of some of the best description I've ever read.