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It's been 10 years since Hooked came out. What would you add if you were writing it today?

Les Edgerton Writing always changes. Nothing will be the same tomorrow that is true today. That said, there is very little I would change from what I said then wit…moreWriting always changes. Nothing will be the same tomorrow that is true today. That said, there is very little I would change from what I said then with one exception. Transitions have changed greatly--we're fast getting over marking switches in pov, place and time to more subtle switches today. Eventually, marked space breaks will cease to be as common as those switches will be more subtly marked. The thing is, Hooked dealt with traditional story structure and I don't foresee that changing in major ways--the way human beings accept and process story is firmly ingrained in our consciousness and for good reason--it works.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Les Edgerton Don't believe there is such a thing. Just like I don't believe in "plumber's block" or "plastic surgeon's block." Writing is a job, just like any othe…moreDon't believe there is such a thing. Just like I don't believe in "plumber's block" or "plastic surgeon's block." Writing is a job, just like any other job, and just like the plumber who may not feel like running that snake down the drain some days, but does it anyway and with no appreciable difference in the quality of his work, so does a writer write every day. A study was done years ago in which professional writers were asked to provide a note on each day's work as to its quality and after a year, an independent panel judged their work. They found absolutely no difference in the quality on those days in which the writer had to struggle to write than on the days when the words flowed. The only difference was in the writer's mind. Accepting that there is such a thing as "writer's block" is only creating a ceiling to bump one's head into. Don't acknowledge such a thing exists... and it doesn't.(less)

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	Hooked: Write Fiction That Grabs Readers at Page One & Never Lets Them Go 4.02 avg rating — 1,951 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finding Your Voice: How to Put Personality in Your Writing 3.79 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bitch 4.27 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just Like That 3.65 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rapist 4.02 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Perfect Crime 3.69 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirror, Mirror 3.31 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Times 3.88 avg rating — 92 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Tarpons 4.37 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genuine Imitation Plastic Kidnapping 4.45 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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MY SCREENPLAY NAMED A FINALIST

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Just got some good news! My screenplay, THE DEATH OF TARPONS, was named a Finalist in the Script Matrix True Story Screenplay Competition.

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
― James Baldwin

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“To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken. ”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

tags: broken, deceit, deception, denial, deny, funny, honest, honesty, humor, illogical, illusion, lie, lie-detector, lies, life, love, machine, relationships, suspicion, women, word-junkies

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“She craved a tall glass of the fresh-squeezed lemonade from the pitcher she’d left chilling in the fridge. Two glasses served with a generous slice of pound cake with orange glaze icing sounded twice as nice.”
― Ed Lynskey, Fur the Win

tags: cozies, cozy, cozy-mysteries, cozy-mystery, humor, mysteries-cozy, romance, whodunit, women-sleuths

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message 2: by Roland

Dec 17, 2014 11:05AM

Hey Les, I tried adding your other books but it won't let me add them even though I am a librarian. Do you know if you can claim them from the Leslie Edgerton author page?

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message 1: by Christine

Apr 10, 2012 04:15AM

thanks for being my friend

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