Help with AHATPOLS copy
by Alex
Well the publication of Andrew Huff and the Pool of Lost Souls is proceeding apace. We are almost done with the layout and the cover — I’m assured — is nearing completion as well.
However, there is one issue: we need some copy on the back cover. I feel a little weird writing a blurb on the back cover. Usually cover copy comes in three sorts — 1) enthusiastic reviews from Important People about how rad the book is 2) a brief description of the plot of the book to sell the reader 3) the author’s biography and accolades.
So my challenge to you: write the copy of the book. Please do not be afraid to quote people who have not actually read the book or are not actually living. For example:
“I officially endorse this book.” — Peaches the Cat
or
“Perhaps the most important piece of artistic creation I have seen since the musical episode of Buffy.” — J.S. Bach
Go nuts! Winners will have their words emblazoned forever in a PDF lodged on one of the hipper print-on-demand services.
Zis book, he is dreck. You vill luff it. It vill appeal to your, how you say in English? Conscience individuelle. (Ameel Durkee)
I laughed. I cried. It was better than “Cats.” I am going to read it again and again. (Tom Stearns)
Anne Kawharu is a woman for the ages. She is an archetype. A riot-grrl. A bitch on wheels. A femi-Nazi in the best mold. She wears a short skirt and a long jacket. She slices and dices. And she can be yours for the low-low price of purchasing this book! (Camellia Pluguglia)
“Possibly the most important book I’ll ever read. Shakespearian in its ambition but with the scope of a Marcel Proust.” – (Harold Blume)
“Mr Golub’s idyllic world will never become stale. Unrivalled storytelling of the highest order, unforgettable characters, rich world creation, this is a miraculously brilliant book. A work of rugged wonder.” – Ms Bookish
“Romeo and Juliet remade as space opera! An dynastic epic spanning several years and untold continents! The greatest adventure ever told by someone who isn’t me! Golub’s book is none of these things, but it isn’t all that bad, considering.” – Harlan Elision
“If only more writers were as versed in the semiotics of seventeenth century courtesans and buffet tables. Where Golub really excells is in his portrayal of the cat, as the neo-conservative implications of a post-Freudian, post-Foucaultian world become apparent through the feline’s panoptic view.” – General Socktopus
“Makes an excellent rest on which to place your feet when applying nail polish.” -The reviewer’s teenage sister