Yard Full of Bones is available now! Bonus Teaser from A Yard Full of Bones by Armand Rosamilia and Jay Wilburn Prologue His mother had been dead for a week before anyone had bothered to call him. It had been another two long days before he’d been able to escape Hollywood, and work, and the …
Tag: Jay Wilburn
Bonus Teaser from Dead Song Book 5 by Jay Wilburn
Books 1 through 4 are available now from Amazon or signed copies available directly from the author. Book 5 will be out this summer in time for Scares That Care in August. Bonus Teaser from Dead Song book 5 by Jay Wilburn A truck backed away in a slow retreat. Men in black caps packed …
Writing Zombies for a Younger Audience #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn For some of us, thinking about writing zombies for a younger audience means “kids” in their twenties. We are often trying to appeal to that same “young” demographic many television properties and genre films are trying to capture. But what about writing for an actual “younger” audience? Like too young to vote, …
Is the Walking Dead Done Being Done Yet? #SummerZombie
by Jay Wilburn It is funny to me whenever the question of whether zombies are “over” comes up. This question has been going on since the turn of the century or before. As digital and small press publishing grew, the onslaught of zombie stories have flooded the inboxes of publishers until many include “No Zombies” …
Take Care #SummerZombie
by The Authors of the 2018 Summer of Zombie blog tour. 1 Harmony couldn’t stand her step mother. Aside from the zombie apocalypse killing her real mother and all her friends three years ago, her father marrying a “woman” out of their survival community who was only eight years older than Harmony herself was …
A Story A Week 2018
by Jay Wilburn Ray Bradbury recommended that authors write short stories before they attempt novels. Many writers steer away from short story work as their careers progress because the smart money is on novels. Bradbury also suggested that authors not try to make money as they are building up their craft. Jeez, what is this …
20% of Infinity
You know that thing at the end of the year when you realize your insurance was run incorrectly and you have to reverse your coverage on your transplant otherwise none of your meds or transplant related care will be covered for the rest of your life, but the hospital billing department is baffled because they …
Bonus teaser from “Night She Missed the Rock Show” by Jay Wilburn from Middletown 3
by Jay Wilburn She felt like the flashing lights appeared out of nowhere, but the highway grade spread flat in front of her and behind her for a long way. They had to have been in view for some time. She glanced over her shoulder for the gate to the rich people’s house, but it …
Alumni Post: Authors of WOZ and SOZ tours past – Where are they now? WOZ 17
by Jay Wilburn As of the the end of this tour, Armand Rosamilia participated in the zombie tours for over six years as a host or a featured author. He began with the Summer of Zombie tours and the Winter of Zombie tours have been running almost as long. With Dying Days coming to a …
Building A Monster
by Jay Wilburn Great zombie stories build the human characters in the midst of the zombie monsters. Still, there is a need to build the monsters whether they are zombies, vampires, werewolves, a surrogate for these tropes, or something completely new. Zombies can be mindless and empty, but there has to be something built into …