Just Do It!
Just go ahead and get in touch with your dream authors to request a much-needed, much-appreciated blurb for your next book. But ... follow the rules to help ensure success.
If you write in a certain genre, try to find writers in your genre. It gives your book more of a boost, adding credibility. Readers know their writers, and if they spot a science-fiction writer's blurb on your historical romance ... well ... you can see what I mean. Plus, a science-fiction writer probably won't enjoy reading what they "don't write," much less like. You better your chances for a favorable review, if you pick your authors much like you search out agents and editors.
Look within the writing organizations to which you belong, and seek out those authors you believe might express an interest in giving you a quote. Just because they're "rich and famous" doesn't mean they won't give you some of their time, if and when they have it. If you make sure and give them plenty of lead time, you better your chances for success. I believe this is key! These noted authors have deadlines and their time is precious little. But if you approach them early and give them plenty of time, they usually will respond in the positive. Be professional, always!
Your reward for obeying the rules in approaching authors for quotes will come back, ten-fold. On my first book, noted award-winning, bestselling author and editor, Alice Duncan, gave me a quote. She's also been more than kind in giving me quotes for my subsequent books. NYTimes bestselling author, Joan Johnston, gave me a quote for my second book, and NYTimes bestselling author, Susan Wiggs, and bestselling author, Suzanne Lyon, are going to give me quotes for my third.
So ... just do it!
Jo(anne)
www.joannesundell.com
www.squidoo.com/historicalromancewriter
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