"This is why we tell fictional stories. To connect with others at some level by creating worlds that express truths that facts alone cannot." Like many work-where-you-want professions, writing can have an isolating effect on one’s life. Many people may assume that being free of annoying bosses/co-workers and able to set your own hours would be a perfect way to live. The truth is that people are social animals. This is why we tell … [Read more...]
Hot New Thriller PITFALL Released! Get the 99 cent Launch Day Special
PITFALL On Sale For 99 Cents! After much anticipation, we are ready to share Cameron Bane's hot crime thriller PITFALL with readers who are looking for a different kind of thriller. Cameron Bane brings his razor sharp brand of humor to this dark tale of kidnapping, white collar crime and murder. PITFALL'S protagonist John Brenner is a former army ranger who must put all of his faculties to the test to bring back the daughter of a wealthy … [Read more...]
John Ferak in Dixie’s Hometown: New Video Interview with Iowa Sheriff Gene Cavenaugh
As Dixie Shanahan, central figure in John Ferak's true crime, DIXIE'S LAST STAND: Was in Murder or Self-Defense? anticipates the possibility of being released from prison, John is in Iowa corresponding from Dixie Shanahan's hometown, Defiance, and the prison where she has been held since 2003 for the murder of her husband, Scott Shanahan. Here John interviews sheriff Gene Cavenaugh about Shanahan's upcoming appeal hearing and what he thinks … [Read more...]
Thursday! Author Adventurers Examine 100-Year-Old Romanov Murder Case On Crime Beat Radio With Host Ron Chepesiuk
Authors and Radio Host Ron Chepesiuk Discuss FINDING ANASTASIA New York Times bestselling author Steve Jackson and American sea captain Peter Sarandinaki will be the guests on the wildly popular CRIME BEAT with Ron Chepesiuk radio program, 8 p.m. (ET), tonight, August 13. Sarandinaki is the great-grandson of a White Russian Army General who fought against the Communist takeover during the Russian civil war. General Rozanov was also the … [Read more...]
John Ferak’s New Video Series from the Hometown of Dixie Shanahan
John Ferak, author of hot new release BODY OF PROOF, is in Iowa corresponding from outside the prison where Dixie Shanahan lives since she was convicted for the murder of her abusive husband. John documented her story in DIXIE'S LAST STAND: WAS IT MURDER OR SELF-DEFENSE and now he returns to her hometown of Defiance Iowa to document the latest chapter in DIXIE'S story. Will the court hear Dixie's appeal? Will she remain in prison? Was it … [Read more...]
This week on Burl Barer’s True Crime Uncensored
Burl Barer is kicking off August with a great line up on his radio show True Crime Uncensored. Today he interviewed Scott Bonn, an NBC exec turned sociologist and author. Here's what Burl had to say about what will unfold this week: "[A] fun show with the vastly entertaining Doc Bonn and on my birthday August 8th Daniel Genis returns -- he actually got a $150,000 advance from Penguin for his memoir of going from publishing to prison … [Read more...]
PITFALL Anticipation Builds, New On the Trail of Ted Bundy Video and Debbi Mack Lists her Childhood Heroes
Your Guide to New Developments, Exclusive Content and Giveaways at WildBlue Press July 27, 2015 THIS WEEK'S CONTENT PITFALL Release pushed back to August Featured Blog Posts by Cameron Bane, Debbi Mack and John Ferak WildBlue Press explores new genres Kevin Sullivan On the Trail of Ted Bundy Media appearances by John Ferak, Caitlin Rother and Bradley Nickell Ron Fransscell returns to Casper for a book … [Read more...]
Cameron Bane Writes a New Hero for a New Time in PITFALL! 99 Cents For Short Time Only!
On Sale Today For 99 Cents! There are a lot of reasons I wanted to come up with a new hero for a new time, but the main one is this: many people today think no one cares about them any more. Folks feel helpless, impotent, outgunned and outmanned against a world that seemingly grows more tense and implacable with each passing hour. The days trend bleak, the moorings have slipped, and there are no handles out there. Against such, people … [Read more...]
Why Did Kevin Sullivan Revisit The Bundy Murders After Resolving to Leave Them Behind?
Kevin Sullivan, author of KENTUCKY BLOODBATH, VAMPIRE and THE BUNDY MURDERS: A Comprehensive History, has been on the road researching significant sites and talking to key witnesses and people who knew Bundy's victims in order to create an original account of this infamous multi-year murder spree. Here he describes what led him to revisit this case only a few years after he resolved to leave it behind for good... When I finished my book on Ted … [Read more...]
Blame it on Nancy Drew
I’ve been a book lover for as long as I could read. When I was a girl, at around age nine or ten, my mother introduced me to the Nancy Drew mystery series. From the moment I began reading them, I was hooked. What could be cooler to a young girl than to solve mysteries with her friends and have a really awesome blue convertible (or was it a coupe of another color?) to solve them in? From my start with Nancy Drew, I moved on to other mystery … [Read more...]
