Ask the Author: Howard L. Anderson
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Howard L. Anderson
Hi Wil,
I wrote my first novel "Albert" when I was 66 years old. Since then I have written four other novels and a memoir. Two of the novels were the completion of the Old Australia trilogy. "The Spring Offensive" is set in New Mexico a few years after WWI and is the story of two people trying to escape the war. "Soledad" is the story of a sexually abused young woman who was born in an Argentinian prison at the end of the military dictatorship. The memoir was about my family, the war in Vietnam and the death of my father.
When I sent the memoir to my agent, she said there is no market for it because I wasn't sexually abused as a child and didn't have a drug habit. At that point, it became clear to me that my world view is different than that of those who dictate literary fashion in New York.
I have been told by all the women who have read it, including my agent and a five time Emmy winner in Los Angeles, that "Soledad" may be the best novel I've written. I was then told that because it deals with a younger woman and an older man, it is currently untouchable in an industry sensitive to third-wave feminism.
I will be 77 years old in less than two months and have come to the conclusion that I have outlived my time. People keep telling me that my work will be rediscovered someday and that I will be famous after I'm dead. Not exactly what I had in mind. I have some friends in London who will try and get a publisher in England.
Thank you for your interest and your compliment.
Howard
I wrote my first novel "Albert" when I was 66 years old. Since then I have written four other novels and a memoir. Two of the novels were the completion of the Old Australia trilogy. "The Spring Offensive" is set in New Mexico a few years after WWI and is the story of two people trying to escape the war. "Soledad" is the story of a sexually abused young woman who was born in an Argentinian prison at the end of the military dictatorship. The memoir was about my family, the war in Vietnam and the death of my father.
When I sent the memoir to my agent, she said there is no market for it because I wasn't sexually abused as a child and didn't have a drug habit. At that point, it became clear to me that my world view is different than that of those who dictate literary fashion in New York.
I have been told by all the women who have read it, including my agent and a five time Emmy winner in Los Angeles, that "Soledad" may be the best novel I've written. I was then told that because it deals with a younger woman and an older man, it is currently untouchable in an industry sensitive to third-wave feminism.
I will be 77 years old in less than two months and have come to the conclusion that I have outlived my time. People keep telling me that my work will be rediscovered someday and that I will be famous after I'm dead. Not exactly what I had in mind. I have some friends in London who will try and get a publisher in England.
Thank you for your interest and your compliment.
Howard
Howard L. Anderson
I thought I answered you, but I guess I didn't. I have written two more novels in the Old Australia series, but so far no one will publish them because AoA did not sell well. My agent tells me to be patient, that is all I can tell you.
Thanks for checking in.
Thanks for checking in.
Howard L. Anderson
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I was finishing another book and out of the country, but that is still no excuse. I have written two more novels in the Old Australia series, but so far no one will publish them because AoA did not sell well. My agent tells me to be patient, that is all I can tell you.
Howard L. Anderson
Albert of Adelaide was the first novel in a trilogy. The other two books have been completed and those that have read them think they are as good as AoA. But due to the poor sales of Albert. I haven't found a publisher. My agent is still on it. I have written a fourth novel, called "The Spring Offensive". It is a love story that takes place in New Mexico at the end of the Great War. I have my fingers crossed
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