Reality Check With Craig Price

Colleen McCarty (@Colleen_McCarty on twitter) calls in to discuss her novel "Mounting the Whale" with host Craig Price. Writing any kind of book is no easy feat. But writing a novel? That's a whole other level of commitment and talent! Colleen and Craig talk about plotting out a novel, how sharing character traits on family members can lead to some awkward conversations and that the "Mounting" in the title is not what you think (you dirty minded people!!).  From the back cover: The self-made and affluent Pierce family is hurled into a seamy kidnapping plot when they receive a text message from Janine—the most troubled of all the Pierce children. Cartel got me, tell mom The siblings, drowning in their own problems, are forced to focus on the task at hand: a half-cocked rescue mission that involves a borrowed yacht, a favor from a notorious drug kingpin, and a shocking reunion none of them expected. When the family decides to sneak into Mexico, mother Cybil is forced to deal with a rival CEO whom she’s develope