by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for picking me up. Tell everyone your name … Why are the police chasing us? Derek Ailes: Derek Ailes. And don’t ask any questions. Just hold on. *Hairpin turn* *Tires screaming* Jay: This is an interview. How can I not ask questions? Derek: Oh, right. You can ask those …
Tag: apocalypse
The Page Space in a Series #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn The smart money is on writing a series. Maybe the smart money is on not writing zombies or not writing at all, but if a person is already hopelessly committed to writing, then the smart money is on a series. Committed readers often gravitate to a series over standalone novels because once …
Spotlight On Peter Welmerink #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me. Tell everyone your name … What are you doing? Peter Welmerink: Peter Welmerink *Looks outside. Slams bunker door with the sound of a vault or tomb* Did anyone follow you? Did you leave a trail? Jay: I don’t think so. Welmerink: You think so or you …
Stupid Choices #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn This is one of the funny things about humans and real life. In many situations we observe, we try to imagine what we would do which leads to us thinking what we would do differently. It is a version of “Monday morning quarterbacking.” We see the consequences of an event and then …
Spotlight On Ricky Fleet #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Wow, thanks for inviting me over. All this time I thought they were kidding about England. Tell everyone your name. Ricky Fleet: Ricky Fleet … what do you mean “kidding?” Jay: Well, I thought England was a made up place like Narnia or Neverland. Fleet: Made up? Why would you …
Spotlight On Jack Wallen #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Welcome to this two dimensional world of a printed interview. Don’t move around too much or it hurts. State your name for the record. Jack Wallen: Jack Wallen … This is not a 2-D world. This is Kentucky. Jay: Really? Wow! What book do you bring us out of the …
Heroes of Their Own Stories #SummerZombie
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 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 …