by Jay Wilburn I know Christmas is coming up quick. And it is Black Friday where we traditionally shed all thankfulness and trample strangers to get the best deals in the sacred tradition of capitalism. If you do not want to be trampled, but want to celebrate capitalism anyway, here is your shopping list for …
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Branding or Relationships
A few years ago, the last year I was at Mid South Con in Memphis, Armand Rosamilia moderated a panel on blogging. There was one man that was a bit of a bigger name on the panel. It took me a while to come up with his name, but it was Cory Doctorow. He really …
The Lasting Power of Zombies
by Jack Wallen Thanks to The Walking Dead, zombie are everywhere. Commercials, music, books, comics, breakfast cereal, underpants…you name it and a zombie’s got its rotten, oozing grip over it. Thanks to that supersaturation, I’ve heard pundits and pedants across the globe stating “The end of zombies is nigh!” And yet…they remain. Why? That’s the …
What I want to see in a zombie story …
by Jay Wilburn Zombies. I want to see zombies in my zombie stories generally. They can be undead or rage. I’m okay with fast or slow as long as they have a story going on around them. I don’t need the source of their reanimation spelled out for me. If it is spelled out, I …