What do zombies and the New York Times Book Review have in common? Until recently, I'd have said absolutely nothing. Why would one of the most prestigious book reviews in the English speaking world start talking about zombies?
But zombies are about war. Whether it's a first person shooter game, or the Walking Dead, zombies are getting mowed down with machine guns, beaten with clubs and shot with arrows.
I like being on panels, so when I got an e-mail from the SF convention Polaris looking for volunteer panelists, I took a look through the line up to see if anything fit my areas of expertise.
I've waded through the Smashwords Style Guide and come out the other side, humbled and wiser.
I was checking my sales report on Amazon to see if my efforts at Bloody Words had produced a bump, but what caught my attention was a new report button for sales at Amazon.uk
Amazon just gets faster everyday. Vampire Road is already available in the e-book store.
Okay, it was supposed to launch on May 15th. it was supposed to launch yesterday. But at last, Vampire Road has launched. Kind of.
My post-apocalyptic vampire novel, Vampire Road, will launch Monday, May 30th. It will only be available for the Kindle platform via Amazon at first, but all other formats will follow.
Fogel and I have been debating how e-books will affect freelance editors. I'm guessing that people who want to indie e-publish will be swamping freelancers in-boxes with edit requests.
I wrote a vampire novel. There's nothing like a vampire novel to let your creativity flow, unencumbered and free. Unlike any other kind of fiction, the vampire novel immediately brings up all of the fundamental moral problems that face mortal humans.