Stone House Inklings: Character Monday: An Interview with Les Edgerton

Stone House Inklings: Character Monday: An Interview with Les Edgerton: "Les Edgerton is an ex-con who has turned from living a life of crime to writing about that life. Just Like That is his tenth published book..."

Guilty Conscience: Book release updates and Not the Booker prize voti...

Guilty Conscience: Book release updates and Not the Booker prize voti...: "There's been a few new releases in the last couple of weeks, so here's a round up of some of the best to come out in the last week or so! ..."

REMINDER!

ANOTHER UPDATE! IT JUST WENT UP ANOTHER 10K IN HALF AN HOUR!

UPDATE! Just checked my sales status and in an hour Just Like That went up over 30,000 places! You guys rock!

LAST UPDATE: Overall, you wonderful folks caused my sales status to move nearly 60,000 places. Hugs for each and every one of you. I'm completely humbled and honored by your kindness.

Hi folks,

Just a reminder for those who plan to buy my new novel JUST LIKE THAT tomorrow at 10 am EST.

Here’s some handy-dandy links:

1. For U.S. buyers,  either use the icon below or go to: http://www.amazon.com/Just-Like-That-ebook/dp/B005GHDY82/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1313017561&sr=1-5

2. For U.K. and European buyers, go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Like-That-ebook/dp/B005GHDY82/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1313017480&sr=1-2

3. For those who don’t have a Kindle and want to get a FREE desktop Kindle, go to: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200388510 and just follow the directions. Takes 1-3 minutes!

4. For those who have the NOOK, here's the link: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/just-like-that-les-edgerton/1104729414

Also, if you would, please click on the Like button and click on the “Yes” button below each review that asks “Was this review helpful to you?”

And, if anyone posts a review, I’ll come over to your house personally to thank you and I’ll bring the beer… (Remember, I’m a fiction writer…)

Thanks to everyone who helps me out. I can’t tell you how much your support means to me!

Blue skies,

Les

Criminal-E: Les Edgerton interview: Just Like That

Criminal-E: Les Edgerton interview: Just Like That: "Just Like That by Les Edgerton £3.50/$4.99 Amazon UK , Amazon US Les Edgerton is an ex-con who was a writer even when he was robbing folk..."

JUST LIKE THAT is available!

Hi folks,

It's official--JUST LIKE THAT is now available on Amazon! My other novel from StoneGate Publishing--THE PERFECT CRIME--should appear shortly.

I'd like to ask folks who plan on buying either to wait until Saturday at 10 am EST to purchase their copies. I'm told that if a number of buyers purchase at the same time that helps create a "bestseller" on their lists. If you'd like either of them quicker, don't worry about it, though!

Also, if you'd click on the "Like" button, I'm told that helps. And, of course, if anyone wants to write a review that would be wonderful and I'll be over to your house to thank you in person and I'll bring the beer!

















I'm excited and nervous and mostly a bundle of jangled nerves right now, waiting to see how they sell.

This is a novel I'm really proud of. It's about 80-85% autobiographical and covers a road trip I took years ago when I got out of Pendleton.

Thanks for your support!

Blue skies,
Les

Addendum:
Had the first review posted, by Eddie Vega!

Ex-felon Les Edgerton knows the internal workings of the criminal mind, and with lean muscular prose he has written a book about it. While there are many qualities that make this book worth reading -- certainly the writing itself, which is excellent throughout, and the plot which moves with the kick of a 45 cal. bullet, -- what I most appreciated was its effort in coming to terms with the most perplexing of evils, those spur of the moment just-like-that crimes not motivated by necessity or reason but by some primal source that gives the lie to the perfectibility of mankind.

And, an interview will appear sometime today on the Criminal e blog at http://criminal-e.blogspot.com/
Thanks, Allan Guthrie!

JUST LIKE THAT and THE PERFECT CRIME coming out!

Hi folks,

I am so pumped! Just heard from StoneGate Publishing editor, Aaron Patterson, that both of the novels they're publishing (JUST LIKE THAT and THE PERFECT CRIME) are just about to come out. They've been uploaded to Amazon and B&N and other ebook outlets and should be appearing sometime this week. There are cool writeups for each to give you an idea of what they're about at:

http://www.stonegateink.com/ebooks.html

I've been advised by people who've done this before to ask people to try to buy their copy on the same day and even during the same hour as that impacts positively on their bestseller lists. So, if I may, if you plan on buying a copy of one or each, would you mind doing so at say 10 am EST this coming Saturday? From what I've been told, it helps a lot!

I've been asked to participate in some interview about the books and will keep you advised when those appear and where.

When they appear on the Amazon and B&N sites for sure, I'll give everyone a shoutout.

I'm as nervous and excited as I was as a 16-year-old in the backseat of my first car...

Blue skies,
Les

RANDOM THOUGHTS - FREE KINDLES AND A FLASH FICTION

Hi folks, 

Since I have several novels and a collection of short stories coming out this year as ebooks, it occurred to me that perhaps there are some who visit this site and might be interested in purchasing those books who don’t own a Kindle or Nook or other e-reader… and who might not be aware that people can download a free Kindle application for their computers.

In fact, that’s how I got acquainted with ebooks. By downloading a free Kindle application to my ‘puter. It takes about five minutes and you can get all the directions at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200388510

So, if you don’t have an e-reader at present, this is a great way to get a free one and see how it works, how it looks, etc. And… it’s FREE! What’s a cool bonus is that once you buy a handheld Kindle, all of the books you buy also show up on your free PC version.

  

Today, Luca Veste published one of my flash fictions at Guilty Conscience, titled “My Father and Robert Frost.” Check it out at http://guiltyconscienceblog.blogspot.com/. This story originally appeared in the Blue Moon Literary and Arts Review, Issue 6, Fall-Winter 2010 (http://www.bluemoonlitartreview.com/), and will also appear in my story collection, Gumbo Ya-Ya, forthcoming from Snubnose Press (http://snubnosepress.wordpress.com/) in December.

This is a true flash fiction. The only story I’ve ever written where the author’s bio was longer than the story…

Guilty Conscience is one of my very favorite blogs. Luca has some of the best interviews out there each and every week and it’s one of my main sources to find great authors and get great writing tips.

Blue skies,

Les

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