by Jay Wilburn Every good apocalypse struggles with coming up with a great Big Bad. The villain needs to provide the right challenge for the heroes and interest for the audience. They can be crazy or zealots of their own system. That excuses a lot of bad behavior which fits perfectly into an apocalypse. Their …
Spotlight On T. J. Weeks #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Welcome to the tour. Tell everyone who you are. T. J. Weeks: I’m T. J. Weeks Jay: And what book are you unleashing on the world? Weeks: The Horror Squad Book 3 Jay: How do you describe your series to a new reader finding you for the first time? Weeks: A group …
Spotlight On S. K. Gregory #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Welcome to the part of the Internet I have conquered. Tell everyone your name. S. K. Gregory: S. K. Gregory Jay: What is your featured book for the tour? Gregory: Before (After Zombie Series Book 2) Jay: Now, as the title implies, you go from one character living after the apocalypse …
Life on Both Sides of a Story #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn I started writing book 4 of the Dead Song Legend series in fall of 2016. I finished it in spring of 2017. That seems simple enough. At the beginning of the book, I was in stage 4 kidney failure. When I finished, I had a renal transplant and was healthy for the …
Spotlight On Chuck Buda #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me over for the interview … even though it’s in New Jersey. Tell everyone your name, please. Chuck Buda: Chuck Buda, but you can call me Chuck. Jay: Okay, I’d like to ask about … Chuck: I hate to be that guy, but I thought we agreed …
Spotlight On Armand Rosamilia #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thank you for having me at your home for this interview. Tell everyone your name. They can’t see you. Armand Rosamilia: Armand Rosamilia Jay: Good so far. About your latest release … Rosamilia: Okay, I have to ask. Why are you naked? It’s distracting and my family is coming over …
The New Kids on the Scene #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Armand Rosamilia started the Summer and Winter of Zombie tours and he built them into something special. He was so successful with this that when his career swallowed the time he would normally use for hosting the events twice a year, he hated to let the tours go or dissolve into memory. …
Summer of Zombie 2017 Day 1: A Great Year to Return from the Dead
Summer of Zombie 2017 Day 1: A Great Year to Return from the Dead … by Jay Wilburn The Summer of Zombie 2017 blog tour kicks off today with another great slate of authors. We have many old friends, all new books, ongoing series, new adventures, seasoned zombie writers, new voices to the genre, classic …
Before Firestarter #StephenKingRevisited
by Jay Wilburn The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my long fiction. I think there is something to be learned through this challenge. …
Summer of Zombie 2017 Blog Tour Master Schedule #SummerZombie
We have lots of great things in store this year for Summer of Zombie 2017. #SummerZombie June 1st Welcome to the tour! “A Great Year to Return from the Dead” “The Rest of the Mission” The first two chapters of the round robin story written by the featured authors. June 2nd Tour post “The New …