Hi folks,
They're opening this up to the public. Just send an email to the address below (dvwritersguild@gmail.org) and they'll send you the link. Hope to see some friends there!
Hi folks,
They're opening this up to the public. Just send an email to the address below (dvwritersguild@gmail.org) and they'll send you the link. Hope to see some friends there!
Hi folks,
Hi Folks,
Just received the second Italian review of THE DEATH OF THE SILVER KING
Les Edgerson, The Death of the Silver King , tr. Marco Piva, Elliott , pp. 224, 17.50 euros printed
The bildungsroman is a genre widely used in literature, starting from the
end of the eighteenth century
Term originally coined in Germany, Bildungsroman , the first text
defined as such is Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre , published in
1797. Over time the genre has evolved, adapting to the various social
and technological transformations of the short century and the first
twenty years of the new millennium by changing the settings and
psychologies of the characters. There are many masterpieces of this
literary genre, the first two that come to mind are Salinger's Young
Holden and Someday this pain will be useful to you, by Cameron, and
this novel too, while not reaching such high peaks, is an excellent example of it.
Hi folks,
Mauro Falciani, my bookstore owner friend in Italy, who is responsible for getting my novels in front of Italian publishers, talked to me about the first cover publisher Elliot had come up with for their forthcoming version of THE DEATH OF TARPONS (retitled THE DEATH OF THE SILVER KING), and how he thought a better version might be had, and I agreed and talked to my editor, Loretta Santini, who is the epitome of graciousness (my wish for all writers is that they get an editor as great as she is!) and she asked me for suggestions. To my delight, she vastly exceeded my expectations and their cover artist came up with what you see below. My first reaction was: It pops! and my second was: I love it! Mauro emailed me and said: Now, THIS is a cover!
We're all just tickled pink! Easily one of the two or three best covers I've ever been privileged to have. I rank it up there with the covers for MONDAY'S MEAL, THE RAPIST, and THE BITCH.
Whaddya think?
Comes out at the end of October.
The English language version is from Betimes Books, Dublin, and available on Amazon.
I can't begin to tell you how great it is to have super publishers!
Blue skies,
Les
Hi folks,
Finally got my copy of the Japanese version of Hooked. They made a beautiful book!
Japanese publisher Film Art, Inc. is the publisher. Out of the blue one day, I got an email from a former agent of mine that they'd contacted him and wanted to purchase the Japanese rights to Hooked. He hadn't been my agent on it, so he got in touch with me and they made me a very generous offer of a $2,500 advance against royalties, which I happily took. It's rare for a book to sell foreign rights after it's been out 17 years, but Hooked has been mighty kind to me. I still get substantial royalties each year from Penguin who own the U.S. rights after Writer's Digest went bankrupt.
Film Art, Inc. came out with an initial run of 3,000 copies. Please tell all of your Japanese writer friends they can now buy it in their native language!
Dear Les
Thank you so much for the books and the superb novels.
You sure have lived the life and have a nice light touch in describing it.
I loved the novels.
Here is my blurb
Les Edgerton is the reincarnation of our beloved Eddie Bunker.
The writing is as tough and tender as Bunker with that wonderful sense of dry humour that underpins even the most violent of scenes.
This guy can write and like a focused Bukowski.
Make no mistake, here is the real deal.
The books cry out for movie deals.
Warmest wishes
Ken Bruen
I read every writing book that comes down the pike, and I like a lot of them. But I LOVE Hooked / write fiction that grabs readers at page one and never lets them go! As punchy as Les Edgerton’s hard-hitting fiction, Hooked takes no prisoners. Clear, simple, direct, it offers something fresh in every chapter. I recommend it to all my students and even my colleagues. Your writing library won’t be complete without it.
Jerry Jenkins
Best-selling author of the Left Behind series and many others
BAD ARTISTS BORROW
GREAT ARTISTS STEAL
Pablo Picasso
Les Edgerton
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