{"id":49709,"date":"2023-08-28T21:26:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T01:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=49709"},"modified":"2023-08-28T21:28:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T01:28:19","slug":"a-must-read-suzanne-kamata-on-blurbs-at-the-japan-writers-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2023\/08\/28\/a-must-read-suzanne-kamata-on-blurbs-at-the-japan-writers-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"A must-read! Suzanne Kamata on blurbs at the Japan Writers Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posted by Tom Baker<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JET alum\u00a0and prolific author Suzanne Kamata<\/a> will discuss the art of blurbing — how to get good blurbs for one’s own books and how to write them for others’ — at this year\u2019s\u00a0<\/a>Japan Writers Conference<\/a>. The conference, which is free, will take place in Nagoya on Oct. 14-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the official description of her talk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzanne Kamata<\/strong>
\u201cThis is the Best Book I\u2019ve Ever Read\u201d: Some Thoughts on Endorsements<\/em>
Short Lecture with Q&A<\/em>
Keywords: nonfiction, fiction, endorsements, blurbs, promotion, career<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Endorsements \u2014 typically words of praise from an established author \u2014 are often deemed an essential marketing tool. However, well-known authors are often besieged with requests for such blurbs, and beginning authors may find approaching them to be intimidating. In this session, I will discuss the importance \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 of blurbs, how to get them, how to use them, and how to write them, using examples from my own experiences and those of others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suzanne Kamata is the author of editor of many books including, most recently, the poetry collection Waiting (Kelsay Books, 2022), the IPPY-award-winning novel The Baseball Widow (Wyatt-Mackenzie Publishing, 2021), the middle grade novel, Pop Flies, Robo-pets and Other Disasters (One Elm Books, 2020), and the Hi-Lo novel romantic comedy Bake Sale (Gemma Open Door, 2022). She is an associate professor at Naruto University of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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