Larry M. Edwards's Blog, page 21
August 15, 2013
Help! My book is being “Ann Rule’d”
Help! I’m being “Ann Rule’d” on this Amazon best seller list. I think her books are ganging up on my book. It’s as if I’m in this nightmarish Pacman game . . .
August 12, 2013
Book Review: ‘Dare I Call It Murder?’ by Larry M. Edwards
I got a “twofer” today: Review of my book by the Seattle PI and BlogCritics (same review) . . .
SeattlePI: Book Review: ‘Dare I Call It Murder?’ by Larry M. Edwards
BlogCritics: Book Review: ‘Dare I Call It Murder?’ by Larry M. Edwards
The reviewer, Greg Barbrick, wrote: “Dare I Call It Murder? really hit home for me, as we just suffered a death in the family. My sister died in her sleep, and I guess because she was not wealthy, we are still waiting for an official cause ofdeath. . . . It is a t...
August 10, 2013
Book Update, First Monthiversary: Dare I Call It Murder?
Book Update
Dare I Call It Murder?
August 10, 2013
First Monthiversary
Marking the first monthiversary of the release of my book, I offer you all a heartfelt THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Your support, your positive reviews, and your enthusiastic recommendation of the book has catapulted it onto several Amazon Best Seller lists for both Memoir and True Crime. The book has remained in the top 10 of three categories ever since, currently residing at
#3 in Kindle eBooks / Biographies & Memoirs / Ar...
August 7, 2013
Mystery Crime Blog, RNZI, Amazon Best Seller
The Mystery Crime Blog today posted a complimentary item about my book, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss.
“Dare I Call It Murder? carefully and clearly deciphers a maze of contradictory claims for a highly believable conclusion.”
Thank you, blog host Barbara Lunsford, for posting this. Barbara also has a website, Mystery Crime Scene, with tons of information about crime-related books, movies and TV shows.
RNZI
The interview with Bridget Tunnicliffe of Radio New Zealand Internation...
August 6, 2013
Radio New Zealand Interview Today
Bridget Tunnicliffe of Radio New Zealand interviewed me yesterday about my book, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss. The interview is being broadcast this morning, and anyone can listen online to the streaming audio.
RNZ will play the interview, Tuesday, August 6, just after 10 a.m., PDT (U.S.) — that’s just after 5 a.m. NZ time Wed., 7 Aug.
You can listen to the stream at: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international (Listen Live button near top left)
If that doesn’t work try: http://ww...
July 31, 2013
“Dare I Call It Murder?” Featured in ALLi News, Ranked in 5 Amazon Best-Seller Lists
The Alliance of Independent Authors featured my book in today’s news bulletin, noting that Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss was “#2 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list for Biographies & Memoirs and as high as #6 for Best Sellers in Author Biographies.”
However, that information is already out of date. As of this morning, just three weeks after Wigeon Publishing launched the book, it sits in the top 10 of five Amazon Best Seller lists. This includes both memoir and true crime, the...
July 29, 2013
Indie Book Sellers’ Whining Is BS
Publisher’s Weekly today ran this story: “Does President Obama Hate Indie Bookstores?”
This is one perspective on the Amazon phenomenon. I have another—if the shoe fits, wear it.
I see a great irony in the fact that this story ran online and most likely will never be in a print publication sold in bookstores.
While I do bemoan the troubles of indie bookstores—I have house (and garage) filled with books, the majority of them bought at indie bookstores—the fact is these stores need to acknowledge...
July 25, 2013
Holy crap! My book hit #1 in Amazon’s Hot New Releases
Holy crap! I can’t believe it. I hit #1 in Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Biographies & Memoirs
Also moved up to
#6 in Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors
#10 inBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors
#11 in Kindle eBooks > Biographies & Memoirs > True Accounts > Murder & Mayhem
How did this happen?
Article in Kirkland Reporter (hometown rag) “Author reveals details in Kirkland parents’ 1978 death aboard their boat” came out this week — maybe that h...
Cannot Escape Ann Rule: Amazon Best-Seller List
I cannot escape Ann Rule. I am literally surrounded by her on Amazon’s Murder & Mayhem best-seller list … she has #12, #14 and #15, and my book,Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, is sandwiched in between at #13.
July 24, 2013
Oh, the Irony: Ann Rule Sues Seattle Newspaper
Oh, the irony. I love it.
Ann Rule sues the Seattle Weekly over perceived errors in a story published about her. While I may ultimately have to side with her on this specific instance, it does not excuse what she did to my family.
In 2009, Ann Rule blindsided us with her inaccurate account of the deaths of my parents—Loren and Jody Edwards of Kirkland, Washington—and when I called her on it, she just made lame excuses. She never attempted to contact me, before the book came out or after I filed...
