The Wisdom of “Les Miserables”

It took longer than expected, but The Wisdom of Les Miserables: Lessons From the Heart of Jean Valjean saw the light for the first time yesterday, March 4. When I first set forth to write a book, I feel like a sculptor standing before a block of marble. The sculptor knows that the statue he or she envisions is encased by that block. It’s just a question of working it until the image is found. When I begin to write, I know that the finished product is waiting there to be discovered. So, I chisel away at the words until I can stand back and say, “At last, there’s the book I set out to write!” In the case of The Wisdom of Les Miserables, it took 18 full-scale draft revisions, but I am satisfied with the result.

It would please me no end to share this book with you. To order, you may go to www.lulu.com/content/1795167 or you can use the mail-in order form on my website (www.blsinc.com/garrotto.htm). 

In future posts, I will talk about the cover art and the artist, a possible second Les Mis book, why I chose to self-publish, and other topics I hope will be of interest to the book’s and this blog’s readers.