Don't be a blurbwhore

What's more, the general derision heaped on blurbs and blurbing has the effect of making writers — particularly less–established writers — feel like jerks for even asking. I recently received an email from a woman who wanted me to take a look at her first novel. To read this note, you would have thought she was asking me to examine her stool sample. Such was her sense of shame.
· Make sure they get a bound copy. Include a note. Send gifts. And so on ... [MobyLives ]