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Terry Persun

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I am a novelist and poet with four novels and two poetry books published. I've worked with small, independent publishers in the past, but several have folded. I'd like to work with a more stable publisher who (of course) likes what I'm writing.

favourite books

A Sport and a Pastime (James Salter)
Returning to Earth (Jim Harrison)
The Oxygen Man (Steve Yarbrough)

my websites

http://www.TerryPersun.com     http://www.EntertainmentEngineering.com

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my books

Wolf's Rite

Terry Persun

An advertising executive goes on a Native American vision quest.


The life of a New York advertising executive, Llewellyn (Wolf) Smith, is turned inside out when he is forced to experience a Native American vision quest. Accused of murder after the experience, he confronts the damage done to family and friends by his former self. (This novel was previously published by a small press that has folded. I own the rights. The novel was a finalist for the Forword Magazine Book of the Year Award, won the Star of Washington award, and won the POW Book of the Year Award. Only 2000 copies were sold before the publisher folded. I am looking for another publisher.) Quotes: "When Persun writes of man/nature, he writes of us -- not just to us -- and shows us images we can't simply blink away." -Robert Fulton, Jr., author. "Llewellyn Smith is angry, arrogant, cynical, contentious, and obnoxious. Before too many pages have gone by you'll be devoutly wishing that something would happen to this central figure of Wolf's Rite. Something does, and it should happen to everyone." -Jerry Spinelli, author.

 

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Daniel Delacy wrote 537 days ago

After one year on the site and over 700 reviews, I have accepted many....

Daniel Delacy wrote 798 days ago

Care to swap reads? Apocalypse Then

dhoti wrote 928 days ago

hey, i see you're a salter fan as well. will take a look at your ma....

Steve Ward wrote 977 days ago

Terry, wow, nice to have a pro on the site. Your book sounds like a g....

Keith G wrote 1141 days ago

Terry, I noticed your book “Wolf's Right” and it sounds kind of in....

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I wrote 1163 days ago

Elaina, I thought the best thing was to read your book (chapter 1, at least) first. I also read some of the comments (not all). I like the way you write, in that you have a particular voice and it carries throughout. I noticed the word 'fray' used too often, but that could be because I'm looking for... view book

I wrote 1163 days ago

Elaina, Sure, I'll swap reads. I'll go to your book now. Thanks for looking over Wolf's Rite. -Terry view book

I wrote 1163 days ago

Joanna, Thanks for commenting on Wolf's Rite. I really appreciate it. My hope was that people would dislike him enough to want to see what happens to him. He has one redeeming quality, but you don't see it until a little later in the book. -Terry view book

I wrote 1170 days ago

DB, I had a little trouble getting into the book at the beginning because of the lack of dialog. That picked up as it went along. Your POV jumps around a lot (I can follow it), and sometimes catches me off guard. I like the story line, though. -Terry view book

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