I'm in the middle of finishing up a book about a zombie. The idea came to me last year and I wrote out an outline (which, when I started the book, died writhing in agony as most of my outlines do, lol) The characters took over and I had to dump a whole chapter where I was desperately trying to follow the outline and my characters were gleefully messing it up. So now I'm just letting my characters lead me along. They are: Jack, a zombie, who has come back for revenge. Brianna, a private detective, who is helping jack with his revenge (and with a few other things) Dee, who owns a nightclub and offers Jack a job as a male stripper (with disasterous consequences) and Mamie Hoya, a voudon queen who just happens to have a zombie handbook for Jack. Also in the book are Ling, necromancer who works at the city morgue, his lovely zombie daughter May, and the terrible mutant Heart Taker, who can move so quickly he is invisible to human sight.
All these characters decided that my outline sucked and did their best to sabatage it, which is how I lost several characters like Charisma Finch, who I will have to put in my next zombie book, and Carlos the cop with x-ray vision...
Well, back to work!
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And here I am plodding along in ancient Greece!
Been there, did that, lol!
Thanks Chey - I'll have to see how it turns out. I'm psyched because it's almost finished.
I plan to write 'the end' on Halloween! LOL
Wow, what a terrific concept, Sam! I think your zombie book sounds like great fun and would really capture readers. In fact, what a fabulous idea for a series!
Yes - insert evil laugh - it is a series!
The next book is germing in my head (love that expression, lol) and it features May, a vampire zombie...
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