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Weapon of Choice: Zombie Apocalypse Style
A comment on my Zombieland post from yesterday has had me thinking. In a zombie apocalypse, what would be my weapon, or weapons, of choice? Nearly always, someone asked that question would answer “shotgun” without hesitation. I can understand this, to a degree: a shotgun does horrific damage at close range, capable of ripping through an undead head with deadly efficacy; the action of pumping a shotgun just before a fight just sounds cool; and it’s nearly fetishized in Zombie Culture at this point.
That said, I would never carry one, with two exceptions.
Disputing the Zombieland Rules: Rule 1: Cardio
I really enjoyed the movie Zombieland – it was funny, acted well for the most part, had plenty of memorable scenes, and introduced a great concept: The Rules, presented as an ironclad set of laws designed to keep a person alive during a zombie apocalypse. Many of them I agree with or have no problem with: Check the Back Seat, When In Doubt, Know Your Way Out, and Hygiene are all great rules. Some of them, though, can be somewhat misleading in my opinion, and that includes the very first rule: Cardio.
Some Random Things
Busy at work (my main blogging time, when waiting for printouts and email responses and whatnot), so still not keeping up here as much as I want. So, I will throw out some things that have been on my mind the last few days.
I got a rejection letter from Permuted Press for The Curse of Troius. They’d requested the manuscript in September of 2010, and they said that it made it to the “final round”, whatever that means. I like the way it sounds, anyway, that it was good enough to get that far at least. It means that I am just shy of being marked for respectability! That’s good enough for me. I mostly appreciate getting the email since it provides me with closure over the whole thing. I don’t have to worry about trying with Legacy Publishing anymore. Read the rest of this entry
Something Brief While I Take A Noveling Break
So far, so good. I’ve hit (or ever-so-slightly exceeded) the 1,667 word daily quota each day. I haven’t been able to build a buffer yet, which isn’t great, but I’ll still take it. The site this year adds some interesting stats, like how many days in a row you’ve made quota, how many words you need each day based on your current output, things like that. It’s funny, because if I write 5,000 words today and 500 tomorrow, that would be well above a two-day quota, but since the site would call that 1 Successful Day and 1 Unsuccessful Day, it makes me want to hit the minimum at least every time. Ahh, the incentives that stats bring.
A couple of things I’ve had on my mind the last few days: Read the rest of this entry
Chapter 8 Excerpt from The Storm of Anticus
From yesterday’s output:
After an interminable score of heartbeats, Beans appeared with Crumb’s arm slung over his shoulders, supporting the man’s weight as they staggered down the short set of stairs from the inn’s door. Crumb had his large, hairy-knuckled hand pressed tightly against his neck as his thick lips moved in what seemed like a never-ending stream of curses. Villios could see the slow ebb of blood seeping through the man’s fingers and was thankful – a pierced artery would be doing much more than just seeping. Read the rest of this entry
The New Cover is Almost Here!
Here we go. It looks awesome, in my opinion, and I am psyched to get it submitted and reprinted. Woo hoo!
Sweeeeet.
Cover Art Coming Along Nicely
Christopher Stewart is doing an amazing job on my book’s updated cover, I have to say.
Coming along nicely, I'd say.
Winter in Derenemyn 