Today, we’re talking with Craig DiLouie, author of several novels including Tooth and Nail, The Infection and his latest, The Killing Floor. Thanks for having me, James. Can you provide a brief summary of The Killing Floor? Absolutely. The Killing Floor, published by Permuted Press, is the sequel … Continue reading »
I recently received an email from a friend of mine, Randy Ingermanson, an author who helps out other authors. He had in the body of his email advice about how to deal with reviews, good and bad. All authors receive reviews. Not all of them are good. Some can be considered hurtful in nature … Continue reading »
Today we’re talking with Jessica Meigs, Author of the Becoming series. This is a short interview about her zombie apocalyptic series. After this interview was done, she published a short novella, ‘Brother’s in Arms’ that fills in between book 1 and book 2. If you haven’t read any of her work, you’re really missing out. … Continue reading »
Thanks to the media, when we hear the term ‘militia’ most of us automatically envision some right-wing or neo-Nazi group hell bent on some mission to overthrow the government. Back when the United States was still a series of 13 colonies, it was a requirement that each colony have a ‘well regulated militia’. That meant … Continue reading »
By now, most people in the United States know about gun control. Those who haven’t heard of this ‘new’ concept must have been in a cave since the dawn of the firearm epoch. Over the years, control of this tool has been radical to conservative. Back in the day, as the grandfolks would say, one … Continue reading »
What is a role model? Not too many people really know the answer to that question. I can add to that by asking who is a role model and why? Are role models heroes? Are they one and the same? A role model, simply defined, is someone who you aspire to be like. Way back … Continue reading »
I’m sure we’ve all talked to ‘experts’ at one time or another. Note that I used quotation marks when identifying the latter experts. There are experts and then there are experts. The difference between the two is like regular Coke and diet Coke. I’ve had my share of being around these ‘experts’ and … Continue reading »
The title of this blog post pretty much says it all. Recently, I posted a review of a zombie genre book on another site and detailed the issues I had with it. This was done in a professional manner. I didn’t just post something stupid like, ‘Yo dude, you suck’. No, if anyone has read … Continue reading »
With all the choices for titles of media projects there are times when I have to sit back and wonder why a specific title was chosen. Take as an example, M. Night Shyamalan’s, The Last Airbender. With a title like that I have to admit that the first thing that came to mind was … Continue reading »
What is it about an apocalyptic event that interests people so much? Is it the challenge of survival? The loss of authority? Or is it some deep-seated need to see civilization as we know it, end? Apocalyptic fiction isn’t anything new. H.G. Wells wrote about catastrophic events in his novels, The Time Machine and in … Continue reading »
