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What Is a Blurb in Publishing? Find out what a blurb is when it comes to publishing and why writers should care about them. Author: Jul 18, 2021 As a published author and editor, I've had to request several blurbs over the years. Also, I've been asked for several blurbs by other writers, including a few earlier this year. So what is a blurb anyway? What Is a Blurb in Publishing? Very simply, a blurb is a quote from a trusted source or authority that is placed on the cover or inside pages of a book to promote it. The source providing the quote may be a bestselling author, or it may be a popula...

Daniel Stone “Stone’s dry humor and eye for anecdote animate David Fairchild’s navigation of agricultural politics and DC bureaucracy as he brings avocados, dates, and citrus to American tables.” Sandra Beasley, Author of the poetry collection  Made to Explode Lisa Taddeo “The novel follows a woman who is enraged at the cruel acts men perpetuate against women. Once she unravels the details of a horrific memory from her past, she decides to take matters into her own hands.” Brittany Kerfoot, Director of events at Politics and Prose Mama Day Gloria Naylor “This novel is about a B...

Today is Monday, May 10, and here are five things to know in Montgomery County. 1. Council Budget Work:  The Council meets today at 9:30 p.m. for a work session on the operating budget. Watch the session live here. 2.  3. Monday, May 10 at noon: Reuben Jackson moderates a discussion between three poets about voice and poetic form—Sandra Beasley, “Made to Explode”; Kim Addonizio, “Now We’re Getting Somewhere”; and Katherine Young, “Woman Drinking Absinthe.” Monday, May 10 at 7 p.m.: Bethanne Patrick moderates a discussion between three fiction authors—Te-Ping Chen, auth...

Guide to the 2021 Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival Another year, another Gaithersburg Book Festival (GBF). But for the second year in a row, the festival will operate virtually. Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman, the founder of the popular event, spoke to MyMCM about what to expect at this year’s Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival: The Virtual Gaithersburg Book Festival begins Saturday, May 1 and there will be activities for four consecutive weeks. All author discussions (listed below) will premiere on the GBF’s YouTube page. Most programs are prerecorded, but authors will participate in th...

Theories of Falling—as well as  Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life, a disability memoir and cultural history of food allergies . She served as the editor for  Vinegar and Char: Verse from the Southern Foodways Alliance. Honors for her work include the 2019 Munster Literature Centre’s John Montague International Poetry Fellowship, a 2015 NEA fellowship, and five DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowships. She lives in Washington, D.C. INTRODUCTION I’ve been thinking about beans. Stay with me. My early appetite for them was functional: a can pulled ...