by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me over. Introduce yourself to our zombie reading audience. Angela B Chrysler: Angela B Chrysler Jay: Um, are you wearing a wedding dress? Chrysler: Yes. Why? Jay: Do you wear that all the … um, tell us the title of your featured zombie book. Chrysler: Zombies From …
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me over. Introduce yourself to everyone. And why are there so many goats? Rebecca Besser: Rebecca Besser. My son is breeding pygmy goats for a project. Jay: Man, they are everywhere. What’s the project? Besser: To take over the world with a cavalry of pygmy goats. Jay: …
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 …
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 …
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 …
by Jay Wilburn Jay Wilburn: Thanks for having me over. It was hard to see your house for all the corn and those creepy children. Tell everyone your name. Brent Abell: Brent Abell. Why are you calling my children creepy? Jay: Not the kids in the house. The ones in the corn with the glowing …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
