Just for fun, loaded the book trailer on Youtube.

: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXNPSzgrbY

Rude Awakening Video on Youtube

More videos coming!

RUDE AWAKENING: Video Book Trailer

ROB-ism for the Week

Survey Contest Winners

OOPS…

I won’t make excuses, but I just discovered I had never posted the contest winners from our mini-survey we ran in July. The post ended up in the draft file and was not published. I am so sorry.

ANYWAY…

I’d like to thank everyone who participated in the survey and announce the following winners who will receive a free, autographed copy of the book before it hits the stores.

Again, many thanks to all for your support…Please continue to follow us on Facebook or Twitter

 

 

1.      LeAnn Smith Richardson

2.      Claudia Robertson Lineberger

3.      Annie Wilkes

4.      Jan Trousdale

5.      Bart Brady

6.      Mike Tiddy

7.      Yvonne Joubert

8.      Shannon Clay

9.      Stephanie Goetz Colvin

10.   Anna Farley

11.   Jonnie Ball

12.   Marty Rigsbee 

13.   Tom Holloway

14.   Angie Patton

15.   Autumn James

16.   Amy Butler

17.   Cathy Wright

18.   Anonymous

19.   Anonymous

20.   Anonymous

21.   Dan Stewart

22.   Jeanie Wicker

23.   Patricia Christianses

24.   Linda Long Shelton 

25.   Angie Visnesky

You will be contacted via email for shipping information.

Rude Awakening-One Year Later

Reviewing pictures for the book, I found this one taken of Rob Whedbee when I was in Knoxville last October. I had flown out to meet Rob and to make a decision about writing the book. So it's been a year and I'm headed back to Knoxville (via my jeep) to work on the filming project and to tie up some loose ends. It's been a real pleasure to get to know Rob and to work with him on the book. He has a wonderful family and some great friends, and although I work my rear end off when I am there, I always enjoy my time. Many thanks to Rob and his family for the friendship and support they have given me over the past year. This has been one of the best experience in my life. Really!

 

"The Rude Awakening of Rob Whedbee" explores the bizarre account of the attempted murder, the events leading up to the crime, and an in-depth post-mortem of the legal fiasco that followed. The book exposes the traumatic impact of the crime on the victims, and the gross inequities often found in the judicial system. It also shows how a courageous spirit can move forward, rebuild lives, and even rediscover trust.

 

Watch Court TV Coverage of Tennessee vs. Michael Frazier-The Attempted Murder of Rob Whedbee

 

 Court TV Coverage of Tennessee vs. Michael Frazier

        For the first time in Tennessee legal history, the doors of justice swung open for Court TV. The cable channel came to Knoxville to provide national coverage of the trial of Michael Frazier, charged with the attempted murder of John Robert Whedbee, his lover's husband. While Frazier and Whedbee's wife, Lisa, failed in their attempt to murder Rob Whedbee in his bed that night, the defense made every effort to assassinate his character during the trial.

         Catch some of the coverage on YouTube.

 

 

     

       

 

Court TV: The Attempted Murder of Rob Whedbee

Talking with Tom Clancy

My Encounter with the Great Tom Clancy

 

Yes, I did know Mr. Clancy, even if it was only by email. Maybe I was naïve, but I felt a certain kinship with the best-selling author. After graduating from college in 1969 and before he wrote his first novel, Tom Clancy worked as an insurance broker. In 1980, he bought his own agency and began work on The Hunt for the Red October, which was published in 1984.

 

When I began work on my own story, I thought perhaps Mr. Clancy might be willing to point me in the right direction. When I emailed the best-selling author, it never occurred to me that  he might not welcome questions from fledgling writers. I thought, you know, one insurance guy to another.

 

If you know me, you know I am not intimidated by much…Heck, I even asked the great man if he would consider writing an endorsement for my book.

Mr. Clancy did, in fact write me back, and here are some clips of our conversations:

Mr. Clancy,

I am the chief principal of an insurance agency

I own with my parents, and as you once did,

I am working on my first book.

What advice would you give me about getting my book published?

 Maybe you would like to read the rough draft.

Would you by any chance consider writing a foreword for my book?

thanks,

Rob Whedbee

TC

Do it. Don't tell me about it. Do it.

TC

Everybody's got his own system. I never use an outline, for example. I just write the damned thing. Try whatever works for you.

TC

Best advice: It's your story. You have to write it. I can't do that for you. That's the price of admission into this club. So, pay up and write the damned thing.

 

RW

 

OK I WROTE THE DAMN THING, NOW WHAT?

TC

What do you want me to do?

New York is full of publishers. YOU pick one. Simon & Shuster, Putnam, Doubleday. St. Martins. YOU pick one. They all employ editors who are always looking for new talent.

There is no magic formula. You need to work for it, and be lucky. 

Send it to an editor. Publishers are always looking for new talent. Why? Because I will not live forever. Pick one you like and send it in. Then hope for luck.

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Mr. Clancy, 66, passed away on October 1st. Ten of his books made it to Number One on The New York Times' Best-Seller List.

RIP

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QUOTE

"Nothing is as real as a dream.

The world can change around you, but your dream will not.

Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it.

Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."

Thomas Clancy