Brittney Bush Bollay
As a self-proclaimed “indie author,” I face an uphill battle with all the tasks that we indies have to take on: writing, editing, formatting, cover design, publishing, distribution, marketing, social media, blah blah blah. It’s hard work. Writing is hard work, all by itself. But now we’re an army of one. I’m still not published (but — marketing hat on now — look for my groundbreaking zombie love story coming Summer 2012!) and can’t imagine how crazy it gets starting then.
You’ve heard of Lollipop Chainsaw, right? If not, how can you hold your head up and call yourself a true zombie fan? I mean, there’s been absolute hysteria about this upcoming Warner Brothers game.
Well, anyway, ask your friends or Google or Facebook and find out stuff! To help you get in the spirit, here’s a video from the makers of the zombie-killing splatter game, Lollipop Chainsaw. It’s an advertisement for Zom-Be-Gone® laundry detergent features infamous model and cosplay fan, Jessica Nigri, as the game’s main character Juliet Starling.
John Nakamura Remy
I know, I know… one day I talk about all the bad things indie authors are prone to doing, the next I’m talking about how great we all are. Well, regardless, the indie world is a moving target, sometimes up, sometimes down. Today, it’s up. Rejoice, Indies! Read More
I’m excited by this new stop-motion horror/comedy (horredy?) coming out this summer, called ParaNorman. See, you had me a stop motion (hello, Ray Harryhausen fans). Add to that fact that the film has a large zombie component and well, bingo! I’m in! The film’s production values look incredible and the story actually seems original and not your usual rehashed crap. And, hell, it’s even in 3D. If that doesn’t spell G-O-O-D T-I-M-E-S to you, then you’re dead! (Or, I wonder…. are you a zombie!?)
Who doesn’t like a cupcake? Who doesn’t like a zombie? Let’s combine them! Cake designer Zilly Rosen has concocted an evil selection of zombie apocalypse cupcakes in a variety of flavors and with a number of different toppings (blood, rats, eyeballs) sure to please children and grownups alike.
My daughter Hannah is packing zombie tools for yet another of her annual trips to the dark jungles1 of Central America. I’m not at liberty to disclose her destination, but let’s just say it’s fraught with danger. And danger2 can only mean one thing: Zombieeeeees! To prepare for her inevitable3 encounter with said zombie hordes, she has packed accordingly:
Hannah Plumer
This post contains marketing tips for authors and is written for the independent writers out there who, like me, are just getting their feet wet with self-pubbing a book.
By now you know that just creating a new work of art out of thin air, magic, your soul, and time is simply not enough anymore. You now need to market yourself. And if your marketing your book after publication, it’s already too late. You’ve heard about “buzz,” “platform,” and “fans” before. But have you begun to apply this knowledge? I’m an indie author (and if you haven’t guessed, I write about zombies) and I’m trying to wrap my head around all this “other” stuff that you need to do.
Pedro Ribeiro Simões
The Nearly Deads (how great a name is that?) have just released an excellent Zombie Music Video called “Never Look Back.”
Who are the Nearly Deads, you ask? Well, they’re a five-person1, up and coming band out of Nashville that plays a kind of “new punk” music. They say their influences are My Chemical Romance and the Foo Fighters, which I agree with, but I’m also hearing hints of reggae and old punk in there, as well as a little No Doubt.
Speaking of No Doubt, as you’ll see in the video, the Nearly Deads are a girl-fronted band. 2 This is in the tradition of great bands like (of course) Blondie with Debbie Harry up front and center, the Cranberries with Dolores O’Riordan at the helm, and the aforementioned No Doubt as led by Gwen Stafani. The Nearly Deads’ Debbie/Dolores/Gwen is Theresa Jeanne and she was born to sing rock and roll.
Okay, now for Part III, the final installment of our three-part series on Zombie History! This week, we conclude our discussion on Wade Davis and introduce a Scottish psychiatrist named R. D. Laing. Read More
