Should a blurb contain spoilers?

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[christiep]

I find this particular topic hard to find a consensus on for queries. You go on here and it’s ‘the query shouldn’t spoil’ in one creator’s video then ‘a query should have some spoilers for specificity’ you click on another like with Alexa Donne and it’s don’t put spoilers in your query. You go on a blog and see that blurbs and queries are similar, but a little different because the latter is not aimed at readers but industry professionals and blurbs use more generic language than queries should. You see Nathan Bransford and Gina Denny mention that agents aren’t reading your book for fun so include spoilers then it’s the opposite in other places. I read in places like AbsoluteWrite and PubTips that as long as you don’t spoil the ending or climax then you include whatever is needed to get the agents to read the pages in that query’s 250-350 words and that being exactly like a back cover blurb is being too vague. Like it’s hard to find what to do here.

[HunterJHarris]

Would you represent me as an author? I wrote a self help book, similar to the law of attraction content, but in more elaborate detail. It’s called The Time is Now. Also, currently working on an updated cover design!