{"id":100785,"date":"2023-10-10T13:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=100785"},"modified":"2023-10-10T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:59:57","slug":"sports-marketing-guru-turns-mystery-writer-for-old-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/sports-marketing-guru-turns-mystery-writer-for-old-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports marketing guru turns mystery writer for old guys"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 10, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Marketing guru, Jon Spoelstra, has always had a penchant for pushing the outrageous. He wrote \u201cMarketing Outrageously,\u201d a Wall Street Journal bestseller, and now he\u2019s at it again. This time he\u2019s written a series of mystery novels for what he calls \u201cold guys\u201d in the \u201cOld Guys Murder Mystery Series.\u201d This fifth novel in the series, \u201cWho is Killing all the Old (and mostly lovable) Mystery Writers?\u201d (ASIN: B0C5S1ZP9M) is scheduled to publish on November 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

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A free copy can be downloaded here: https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/jawmsj0657<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Spoelstra first presented the idea to his non-fiction literary agent, Nat Sobel, he was met with doubt and disapproval.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis exact words were \u2018this is crazy,\u2019\u201d Spoelstra says.<\/p>\n

Sobel told him that there was no market for the idea and that women were mostly the fiction book buyers, not old guys.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I ignored his advice,\u201d Spoelstra says.<\/p>\n

Two years later, Spoelstra is releasing his fifth book in the series. The first book in the series, \u201cWho\u2019s Killing All My Old Girlfriends\u201d (ASIN: B09RRZ8XM3) sold in Amazon\u2019s top one percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is Killing All the Old (and mostly lovable) Mystery Writers?\u201d features seven top mystery writers who meet\u00a0in a remote Western resort. Their mission is to write another number one global smash-hit bestseller. To kick off the retreat, they invite Charlie North, a retired columnist and now famous blogger, to be the opening night\u00a0speaker.<\/p>\n

The writers are cocksure\u00a0about the financial return. They\u2019re already counting on movie rights for big bucks. They just have to sit down and do what they do best: write about murder. But what happens when the writers start getting killed off for real? North and his buddy, retired LAPD cop Ben Tucker, jump in to investigate.<\/p>\n

The mystery writers keep writing and another body falls. North and Tucker think they have it all figured out, but these writers are a strange and crafty bunch. They specialize in thinking up how to kill somebody, covering tracks and not getting caught.<\/p>\n

In a single room, it starts to become clear and justice is about to be served. But wait \u2013 there\u2019s more. One last scene delivers plenty of surprises.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure I have one reader under the age of 50,\u201d Spoelstra says. \u201cThere are plenty of five-star reviews on Amazon that come from the older crowd. They enjoy old guys chasing down murderers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image caption: Author Jon Spoelstra.<\/em><\/p>\n

Before Spoelstra turned into a mystery writer for old guys he served as top executive for three NBA teams: the Portland Trail Blazers; the Denver Nuggets; and the New Jersey Nets. While at the Trail Blazers, he was part of the strangest trade in sports\u2019 history. As a sports executive, two weeks of his consulting time was traded for the starting point guard, Don Buse, of the Indiana Pacers. Read the story here: https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2020\/02\/05\/most-bizarre-nba-trade-in-history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, while he was president of the New Jersey Nets, Spoelstra tried to change the team\u2019s nickname from Nets to Swamp Dragons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nets had such an awful history, I was trying to put them in a version of the witness protection program,\u201d he says. \u201cYou know, change the name and erase the past.\u201d<\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t quite work out, but it\u2019s now legendary in the NBA annals: https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/15155466\/once-nets-seriously-considered-becoming-swamp-dragons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spoelstra has written five marketing books, the first was \u201cIce to the Eskimos\u201d (ISBN: 0887308511). He says he started writing novels because there\u2019s only so much one can write about marketing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no limit to murder mysteries,\u201d he says. \u201cYou\u2019re supposed to write about what you know, and while I don\u2019t know murder, I do know old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Review copies and interviews arranged upon request.<\/p>\n

Learn more at: https:\/\/www.jonspoelstra.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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