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martinlivings...I see Nightshade Books are looking for good zombie novels.
I've never even read a zombie novel, let alone written one, let alone a good one. And the deadline is October 31st, just two months from now. There's no way I could write a good zombie novel in two months.
Is there?
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Robert Anderson is just an average guy. He works a nine-to-five job in London, rents a flat with his girlfriend, and hopes one day to own his own place, maybe in the country somewhere. And raise free-range humans.
For Robert is a zombie, a member of the nouveau morte that now rules the entire planet. Humans are bred and kept as a food source, or to be turned into new zombies if the current regime's numbers drop. It's a comfortable arrangement. Except for the humans.
Leo "The Lion" Jones was the hero of the human resistance, destroyer of thousands of undead warriors, before his army was utterly crushed. He's being kept alive, alone in an empty prison, for reasons unknown to him. He once dreamt of escape and revenge against the zombies that have overrun his world. But Leo is only one man, and a man trapped behind bars in a world turned against him. Now he dreams only of death, true death, not the sort enjoyed by his captors.
Professor Frederick Talbot continues to study the nouveau morte, being the first human to voluntarily turn, and the creator of the oxygenation device that allows the zombies to maintain their brain functions. It was Talbot who turned the tide of the battle, and allowed humanity to fall. He is a traitor and a savior, and he knows it. And his studies are revealing more about the zombies than he ever wanted to know.
Now something else is walking the streets of London. The Headhunter, neither human nor zombie, is destroying indescriminately, but with some dread purpose behind its slaughter. And for the first time since their victory, the undead are experiencing a feeling other than hunger.
Fear.
Now old enemies must unite against a common threat, and in the process discover the true reason for the zombie apocalypse, and the dark future that still faces them all...
Will I actually write it? Who knows. Probably not. But still, it's fun to think about it! ;)
I've never even read a zombie novel, let alone written one, let alone a good one. And the deadline is October 31st, just two months from now. There's no way I could write a good zombie novel in two months.
Is there?
Click to enlarge image
Robert Anderson is just an average guy. He works a nine-to-five job in London, rents a flat with his girlfriend, and hopes one day to own his own place, maybe in the country somewhere. And raise free-range humans.
For Robert is a zombie, a member of the nouveau morte that now rules the entire planet. Humans are bred and kept as a food source, or to be turned into new zombies if the current regime's numbers drop. It's a comfortable arrangement. Except for the humans.
Leo "The Lion" Jones was the hero of the human resistance, destroyer of thousands of undead warriors, before his army was utterly crushed. He's being kept alive, alone in an empty prison, for reasons unknown to him. He once dreamt of escape and revenge against the zombies that have overrun his world. But Leo is only one man, and a man trapped behind bars in a world turned against him. Now he dreams only of death, true death, not the sort enjoyed by his captors.
Professor Frederick Talbot continues to study the nouveau morte, being the first human to voluntarily turn, and the creator of the oxygenation device that allows the zombies to maintain their brain functions. It was Talbot who turned the tide of the battle, and allowed humanity to fall. He is a traitor and a savior, and he knows it. And his studies are revealing more about the zombies than he ever wanted to know.
Now something else is walking the streets of London. The Headhunter, neither human nor zombie, is destroying indescriminately, but with some dread purpose behind its slaughter. And for the first time since their victory, the undead are experiencing a feeling other than hunger.
Fear.
Now old enemies must unite against a common threat, and in the process discover the true reason for the zombie apocalypse, and the dark future that still faces them all...
Will I actually write it? Who knows. Probably not. But still, it's fun to think about it! ;)
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Date: 2008-08-28 02:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-28 03:13 am (UTC)8 weeks? Say 80k?
How many words? 10K a week. 2K per working day. 500 words for breakfast, lunch, tea and before bed. You can do that. My working day starts at 6:30 and finishes at 7.
I think your basic premise is already interesting.
:-)
stop talking, and do it. I want to see 4,000 words by Saturday morning! DO IT!
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Date: 2008-08-28 03:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-28 03:30 am (UTC)