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June 9, 2011
Reality Show Rundown Interview with Season 4 "Beauty and the Geek" Winner David Olsen
This is the fifth in a series of interviews with former reality show contestants, an idea inspired by my new reality show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim, Where Reality TV Turns to Murder. For more information on Sink or Swim, and the interview schedule which features contestants from Survivor, Top Chef, Beauty and the Geek, [...]
June 8, 2011
Walking The Plank: Excerpt From Reality Show Mystery Sink or Swim
Reality Show Rundown Month seems like the perfect time to publish a couple of excerpts from my book Sink or Swim, which is a cross between a cozy mystery and a romantic suspense novel. How do you change the channel when reality TV turns to murder? After starring on a hit game show set aboard [...]
June 7, 2011
Reality Show Rundown Interview with Shawn Bakken of "Beauty and the Geek"
This is the fourth in a series of interviews with former reality show contestants, an idea inspired by my new reality show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim, Where Reality TV Turns to Murder. For more information on Sink or Swim, and the interview schedule which features contestants from Survivor, Top Chef, Beauty and the Geek, [...]
June 6, 2011
4 Kid-Friendly Patriotic Activities
With Flag Day and July Fourth on the horizon, I'm hoping that lots of families will be reading my children's picture book The Flag Keeper over the next several weeks and learning a lot about U.S. flag etiquette. Alexis Bonari has also written a wonderful article below about other patriotic activities that you can do [...]
June 4, 2011
Free Kindle Book – Help Laundry Day Crack Top 100 Free List
I was super-excited that Amazon dropped my mystery short story Laundry Day to free yesterday afternoon. In less than 15 hours, it has had 557 downloads and is #154 on the Amazon Free Kindle List. That's 54 spots away from the Top 100. It's also #3 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > [...]
June 3, 2011
Reality Show Rundown Interview with Chef Betty Fraser of "Top Chef" Season 2
This is the third in a series of interviews with former reality show contestants, an idea inspired by my new reality show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim, Where Reality TV Turns to Murder. For more information on Sink or Swim, and the interview schedule which features contestants from Survivor, Top Chef, Beauty and the Geek, [...]
June 2, 2011
Reality Show Rundown Month – Interview With Michelle Costa of Big Brother 10
This is the second in a series of interviews with former reality show contestants, an idea inspired by my new reality show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim, Where Reality TV Turns to Murder. For more information on Sink or Swim, and the interview schedule which features contestants from Survivor, Top Chef, Beauty and the Geek, [...]
June 1, 2011
Reality Show Rundown Interview With Billy Garcia from "Survivor: Cook Islands"
This is the first in a series of interviews with former reality show contestants, an idea inspired by my new reality show-themed mystery novel Sink or Swim, Where Reality TV Turns to Murder. For more information on Sink or Swim, and the interview schedule which features contestants from Survivor, Top Chef, Beauty and the Geek, [...]
May 28, 2011
Call for SOS! 8 Ways to Help Sink or Swim Sail Toward the Bestseller List
I've organized an entire Reality Show Rundown month on my blog as a way to get the word out about my mystery novel Sink or Swim. In the book, which is available in gift quality trade paperback from Mainly Murder Press and in multiple bargain e-book formats, Cassidy Novak loses the hit game show Sink [...]
May 26, 2011
Kindle Pricing Strategies: What Do You Think About 99 Cent Price Tags?
First off, if you haven't taken advantage of the 99 cent Kindle sale for Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, you have a little more time. It will officially end May 30 at 8 p.m. EST. That's when I'll change the prices back to $2.99 on Amazon, and then it might take a [...]
