Jul 23, 2016 where did you get the idea for on a knifes edge. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile, has to be engaging and alluring to attract passersby. Persephone sephy hadley is a cross, one of a class of black rulers looking down on every nought. Jul 19, 20 the blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. Sephy is alone and pregnant living in an apartheid state. Feb 12, 2016 malorie blackman has written over fifty books and is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the carnegie medal. Rands story was probably the least interesting in the book, for me, with the exception of the closing pages of it. Very hard to find and the ultimate loveless reference book. Callums brother, jude, blames sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered and is determined to destroy sephys life by any means necessary. Its a fantastic follow on to noughts and crosses, blackmans first book in the series. Book 2 noughts and crosses and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. These sizes are only guidelines to approximate sizing, and should not be used in order to design an actual book or magazine. Theres plenty of solid action, more than there was in the death trust, and time for a nicely offbeat romantic interlude for vin.
Knife edge by malorie blackman 9780552548922paperback. A few months ago i received an email from a reader who said she enjoyed my books but would no longer read them because i had endorsed a book with a scene that was very difficult to read because of the extent and type of violence involved. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the red house childrens book award and the fantastic fiction award. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Eliot parker is the author of four novels, most recently a knifeas edge, which was an honorable mention in thriller writing at the london book festival, and is the sequel to the awardwinning novel fragile brilliance.
For over 20 years, the writers edge service has been a method of effective communication between writers and major traditional christian publishers for christian manuscript submissions. Devastatingly powerful the guardian moving and thoughtprovoking observer blackmans. It used to be that an authors first book was the one that most blurbseeking energy was expended upon, for obvious reasons. This is actually a reprinted barrington stoke classic the authors more recent work is still much liked, such as the first hunter. Book blurb writing service, novel summary, manuscript editor. Devastatingly powerful guardianno one could begin to guess at the depth of the hatred i held for sephy hadley. Knife edge by robert swindells goodreads share book.
The fee for the blurb writing service is calculated in relation to the length of the manuscript. Sephy is a cross, the privileged treated by noughts as inferiors, but callum was a nought. Unless the author puts it online somewhere for free, you are probably. All of which is a shame, because otherwise a knife edge is another strong outing for vin cooper, whose sardonic narration anchors the book and provides its unique voice. The book is written from two different perspectives callums and sephys persephone and their experiences of their entwined but very different worlds. Writing a book blurb is harder than you think, and is an excellent way of getting yourself noticed. Knife edge by malorie blackman is intriguingly great. A book blurb should be a fair representation of the style of the book. Author linda bailey interview on a knifes edge author. This book is on the longlist for the 2008 guardian childrens fiction prize, along with my own.
Jun 29, 2011 malorie blackman was the childrens laureate between 202015, and has written over sixty books. A military investigator wisecracks his way through a series of oddly connected cases. Jul 09, 2010 beware of blurbs from backscratching to overpraise, why author endorsements are so bad and so unreliable. Honest blurbs for honest writers tara sparling writes.
Many writers find writing book blurbs really difficult. Knife edge by malorie blackman overdrive rakuten overdrive. Standard book sizes, dimension, and specifications blurb. But the knife edge path is different, here we have a protagonist who is left with little choice but to take on a guise and act as a spy for the ss. The noughts and crosses series is the most powerful and moving series i have ever read. And while sephy struggles to face an uncertain future, callums brother jude broods on the past until, finally, his actions draw sephy into his world once again and she is forced to take sidesa a stunning and powerful novel in which truth and justice are no. Malorie blackman is writing a disturbing trilogy that should be read because it is important. What was the most difficult thing about writing this book.
I was so excited, and eager to begin reading this book when my mum brought it home from the library. The credentials, platform and marketing blurb in the second box should be about 5075 words. The book sizes and dimensions listed on this page and throughout most of our site are rounded measurements. A simple outline for writing a killer book blurb ink and quills. I have seen nonfiction blurbs that are more about the author than the content of the book and i have seen fiction blurbs that are a synopsis of the story and even tell the reader the ending. A graphic novel four points, book 2 skip to main content. Knife edge is the second fulllength book in the series. An eye for an eye describes one evening while sephy is pregnant with callie rose when her sister, minerva, visits her. A book blurb which will arouse a readers curiosity to read the story you have worked on, but not give away twists within the story, is a quality one. Apparently publishers think so because youll find blurbs on front and back covers of many booksand theyre hoping if you see that one of your favorite authors loved a bookthat maybe youll buy it to see if youll love it, too. Knife finds romance, friendship and danger on the way. As in the previous book, the writing is keenly incisive, though more so, in this case. An eye for an eye is a novella that was released for world book day in 2003 and is now out of print. Her own father had her lightskinned lover callum executed, and shes despised by callums brother jude.
Oct, 2010 do book blurbs influence your book buying habits. The writing is everything i would look for in a book set in this. Malorie blackmans writing skills are phenomenal,she manages to completely submerge you into her. Jude mcgreggor is a nought, a pale skinned inferior in a world run by crosses. Sep 25, 2016 a simple outline for writing a killer book blurb september 25, 2016 september 25, 2016 kaitlin hillerich in my last post, i mentioned that ive been working on a novella and shared some reasons why you should write one of your own. She is acknowledged as one of todays most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers, and has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the red house childrens book award and the fantastic fiction award. Beware of blurbs from backscratching to overpraise, why author endorsements are so bad and so unreliable. This item shows signs of wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and is a good working copy. Simone miroux for an ss officer to spy on one of their own. Geli straub plays a dangerous game when she agrees to become mlle. The original idea for on a knifes edge started percolating in my head 6 or 7 years ago when a local news reporter came and spoke to our writers group. Vin cooper, the engaging and funny aviophobic air force investigator from rollinss the death trust 2007, has been given a more relaxed assignment as a department of defense investigator until he fully recovers from his last mission. Noughts and crosses, knife edge, checkmate, double cross and.
Hard to find loveless book living on the edge a book about the al williams collection of loveless knives. I cried when i read the letter that callum wrote to sephy. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. At sams school youre not anyone unless you have a knife. This box is intended to briefly tell us more about you and who you see as the potential market for your book. The past colours the present as sephy gives birth, alone, to her daughter, her babys father, callum, having been hanged for terrorism.
Buy the knife s edge by stephen westaby from waterstones today. Jan 08, 2009 knife is a book about a young fairy girl called bryony who really wants to find out about the history of her people and their connection to humans. Noughts and crosses, knife edge, checkmate, double cross and crossfire. I dont really want to go into much detail about the plot as it would be too easy to spoil the story. Writers tips writing the blurb and facebook author pages. His novel code for murder was named a 2018 finalist for genre fiction by american book fest.
This is because writers dont really understand what a blurb is meant to do. The knife of never letting go by patrick ness books. The chapters alternate, with even chapters being callums and odd ones sephys. Knife edge by malorie blackman 97801478657paperback. Knife edge malorie blackman author of noughts and crosses. The novella gives an insight into the events of knife edge. She wants to raise her child in peace, but both naughts and crosses condemn. Knife edge noughts and crosses, band 2 malorie blackman isbn. Patreon for writers 1,056 views 1 year ago patreon is a platform most authors know about that helps them raise money to help support their craft, but many writers struggle with it. Minerva offers to patch up things with jasmine, but sephy tries to get. Apr 02, 2018 below you will find a link to her post on writing the blurb, a great read for all authors. Apr 21, 2019 knife of dreams does a much better job of equally sharing out space in the novel between characters, and all of their stories are reaching the point when they become really, really interesting.
He is the author of the death trust and a knife edge, both international. The writers edge service matching quality christian. Sephy is a cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling. Nov 28, 2018 i have been a book editor for four decades, and over the course of my career the blurb monster has grown exponentially. Malorie blackman is a gifted author and i look forward to reading many more of her books. All pages and cover are intact, but may have aesthetic issues such as small tears, bends, scratches, and scuffs.
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