Thursday, April 17, 2003

Author Blurbs

Last night after the Kosher wine buzz wore off, I was laying in bed doing some reading. On the jacket of the book is generally a blurb about the author, and it generally tells nothing at all about the author, usually mentions other writings that the author has done and includes the words 'critically aclaimed' and even 'award winning' if applicable. And they always end with a some what out of place sentence about where the author resides. I think that if I were to ever become an author (yeah that is a big if, as in IF the generally reading public's tastes dropped so low as to consider this dribble I write as something even close to literature that is) I would want my author blurb to be somewhat rediculous. Maybe read like this...

Judy is the critically aclaimed author of many rediculous blog entries about nothing of any substance or merit. Her interest include contemplating alien abductions in trailer parks and knitting tiny sweaters for mice from belly button lent. Judy lives in a constant state of confusion and occasionally vacations in Texas.

Now I'm off to work on my manifesto... I mean book... yeah book... that's what the voices said to call it..... book....

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