[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 139, Issue 1

Tue Nov 3 01:05:02 UTC 2015

Generally, an author writes their own bio, but an editor or other
like-person writes the description or blurb for the book.

Of course, if self-publishing, the rules are less rigid, smile.

You don't want to much personal feeling in the description. The blurb is
meant to be a brief, succinct idea of what the book is about. If the person
writing the blurb has a different perspective, then either your writing is
not clear enough, or you need to revise and decide if you want to follow
your vision or your audiences. The perspective shouldn't be different from
the authors unless the previous happens. Descriptions, blurbs, forwards--
all generally written by editors though.

Bridgit

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Monday, November 02, 2015

Reply to Sarah:

In my humble opinion, you should write your own BIO! You know best about
what you want to tell about yourself, but have your editor check it for
mistakes. 

If someone else wrote my BIO, I would end up being an Ape living in the
South Pacific, half smuggler and part time saint, and my family would have a
hissy.about the saint part! 

As a description of your book, I feel you should also write this yourself.
Again, have a friend or your editor go over it, give you pointers, and lend
assistance wherever needed. You must be able to put your own feelings into
that description but there are certain rules to follow. Read about how to do
this and try to capture the feeling of the book inside that description. I
once had an editor write a description and she was a mile off as far as my
personal feelings and perspective. If you can write the book, you certainly
can write the description. In fact, sometimes it works great if you write
the full  description of your book ahead of time. It works as an outline and
you have something to guide you. An editor might not capture your feelings
about the book but I will say that there are exceptions to the rule.

I have to laugh at the one rule about ones BIO, write your obituary and see
what you have to say about yourself and your life!
That is it Folks!
Old blind Mike

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