Critique The Art of Being Human’s Sales Copy, Round Two

In January I asked for feedback on this draft of new text for my book’s Amazon sales page. Soon I’ll be running some ads on Amazon, so I want that sales page to be as tight of a ship as possible.

I received a lot of AMAZING feedback, and applied much of it to this next draft. Thank you so much, everyone who chipped in! You helped me get out of my own head, which is so valuable.

This is the final draft for now, unless it has any fatal flaws that slipped by me. Anyone reading this, please let me know your thoughts so I can continue to get better at this marketing thing.

Main questions:

• What interests you most about it?
• Where does it lose you?
• Any lingering thoughts or questions on your mind?

Drop a comment on this post, email me, get at me on social media, whatever works. Thank you!

“This is the kind of book that stays with you for a while.”
—Stefanie Nici, Author of The Smoke Tree

Let’s face it. We’re sparks of consciousness inside intricate suits of meat in a world rife with paradoxes and mysteries, riding a living rock as it rotates about through infinite space.

So like, that’s pretty weird, right?

Take a trip with philosophizing late-bloomer Andrew L. Hicks, in this memoir and explorative celebration of our human odyssey through warmth, blood, and breath.

The Art of Being Human is both deeply personal and broadly cosmic. Through bite-sized reflections on his life and heart-expanding essays about the nature of existence, Andrew invites you to explore questions such as:

Can humans get along? Is it possible to create a world without war? Can we heal and grow from our deepest losses? What is art, and why is it important? What is God, and why does it matter? Does any of this matter at all? What if we all have more in common than we think? What if we are all more different than we think? Is Queen Elizabeth a shape-shifting reptilian?

You know. The usual…

This existential funhouse of a book runs the gamut of everything from extracting life lessons from video games, to unifying human perspectives across seeming-different worldviews, to the devastating perils of love triangles, to the author’s lifetime of bad hair days, and more.

Are you ready to step up and embrace your truest potential? Come then. Let’s do this. Let’s master the art of being human before it’s too late and we all explode.

“Best book of 2020…”
—Fabienne Egger

“There is something here for everyone…”
— Jack Jesse

“…feels like staying up late with a beloved friend…”
—Amanda Stone

“In turn thought provoking, entertaining and poignant…”
—Haydee Milner

“Insightful and inspiring, Hicks has really won me over with this piece of art.”
—Diana G.