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Diary of a Cranky Bookworm Blurb
Oct. 24th, 2024 01:20 pmI am ever so slowly creaking toward publication of Diary of a Cranky Bookworm. Title still in progress, but I do at long last have a draft of a blurb! Which I have shared below, so please feel free to share comments, questions, scathing critiques, etc.
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May 12, 2012
Dear Diary,
DISASTER. I have to write a summary of my diary, and it’s as bad as college application essays and AP calculus all rolled into one. What am I supposed to write? It’s not like I’m hunting zombies or slipping through magical gateways into a portal fantasy. I’m just a high school senior in small town Minnesota, getting up to hijinks with my friends Georgie and Hilary and Arielle, retreating to my Treehouse to read every book I can get my hands on, attempting to write a novel of my own (the heroine is psychokinetic! Why can’t I write a blurb for that?), and discovering to my horror that one of my long term nemeses is maybe, possibly, actually a delight.
And I might be a little bit in love with her.
Which is an unwelcome Realization, as it is sure to cut disgracefully into my reading time. And that’s already in short supply, because Arielle who always thinks she’s in crisis is maybe actually in crisis for real…
Is that enough of a summary? I sure hope so, because it’s time to meet Georgie for our weekly trip to the library!
Sage Perrault
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May 12, 2012
Dear Diary,
DISASTER. I have to write a summary of my diary, and it’s as bad as college application essays and AP calculus all rolled into one. What am I supposed to write? It’s not like I’m hunting zombies or slipping through magical gateways into a portal fantasy. I’m just a high school senior in small town Minnesota, getting up to hijinks with my friends Georgie and Hilary and Arielle, retreating to my Treehouse to read every book I can get my hands on, attempting to write a novel of my own (the heroine is psychokinetic! Why can’t I write a blurb for that?), and discovering to my horror that one of my long term nemeses is maybe, possibly, actually a delight.
And I might be a little bit in love with her.
Which is an unwelcome Realization, as it is sure to cut disgracefully into my reading time. And that’s already in short supply, because Arielle who always thinks she’s in crisis is maybe actually in crisis for real…
Is that enough of a summary? I sure hope so, because it’s time to meet Georgie for our weekly trip to the library!
Sage Perrault
