[Sarah-Jane Crowson]

I've been asked by a friend to write a blurb for their book of visual poetry.

This is exciting - it's the first time I've been asked to do anything like this and it's not going to be difficult to write interesting things about the book, but I'm not sure how long a piece of writing this should be.

I've looked at blurbs' length on various books, and they seem to vary wildly, so I'm assuming that I write more, rather than less, like a short, glowing review, and then editors pick out the nicest bits?

What would be the perfect blurb? I'm thinking between 400-500 words - or is this too long? Any/all advice welcome, including anything I should avoid writing.

thank-you,

Sarah-Jane