Hello readers,
I wanted to invite you to attend the 2021 Scribe Awards ceremony on Friday, July 2nd starting at 4:00 pm PST on Facebook live. The ceremony will be conducted virtually this year using Facebook Live! on the IAMTW Facebook group page, and is hosted by Jonathan Maberry, the president of our organization.
IAMTW Facebook Group link: www.facebook.com/groups/42410867659
2021 Scribe Award nominees: iamtw.org/the-fifteenth-annual-scribe-awards-2021/
Hope to see you there!
It’s too late! The living dead have already taken over the world. Your brains have been devoured. Nothing is left but spasms of ravenous need—an obscene hunger for even more zombie fiction.
Extreme Zombies is edited by Paula Guran and published by Prime Books. To celebrate this release, FlamesRising.com is hosting an EXTREME ZOMBIES GIVE-A-WAY for two signed copies in the U.S. I’ll be signing them with braaaaaaiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnsssssssssssss!
Just shamble on over to FlamesRising.com and comment on the EXTREME ZOMBIES Give-A-Way contest post! Contest ends in a week — so shamble fast!
I am pleased to announce that I am the grand prize winner in the GalleyCat Varney The Vampire Re-Mix Contest. I had an absolute blast re-writing a section of history and am honored to have been chosen. Special thanks to Jason and all the folks at a href=”http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/”>GalleyCat for throwing this together.
If you would like to read my winning entry, you can drop by the GalleyCat Tumblr page. There will be a free eBook with ALL the creative scribings. Soon, you’ll be able to read the whole story! More to come on that. 🙂
Here’s how my portion begins:
“There is some one concealed there.”
“Marchdale” rolled his eyes. Eleven o’clock on a Saturday night. Wasn’t rehearsal over yet? “Varney’s gonna bite you. WOOOOOOOOO…”
“Pay attention, Marchdale,” Henry Bannersworth said, wagging his cane. “We film tomorrow!”
“Whatever.” Marchdale shrugged his shoulders and pulled out a flask out of his suit. “Where the hell’s George, anyway?”
“It’s his day off.” Henry smoothed out his coiffed hair. Even when they weren’t filming, the actor was such a prima donna. “Thanks for ruining the twenty-third take.”
“Can’t help it,” Marchdale whined, collapsing into an ornate chair. If he didn’t need the money, he never would have signed on for such a boring film. “Guess I’m still not feeling the creep factor.”
Bannersworth pulled out an ivory pipe and lit it. No doubt, the Victorian relic was authentic. If it wasn’t for Henry’s strong whiskey, he’d tell the jerk to save it for the camera. Hell, the actor even insisted they stay in character. What was that about?
— Behind the Scenes, GalleyCat’s Varney the Vampire Re-Mix. Written by Monica Valentinelli
A short overly-enthusiastic update today, for I am stuck in the wilds of well, the wilds and there’s really nothing to be done except write my way through it. So here goes:
Interested in free eBooks? (I hope, if you’re reading my website, that you are. . .) If you’re answer is “YES, PLEASE!” then visit this link at FlamesRising.com to add your favorite snippet of writing advice and celebrate NaNoWriMo.
There are already a few contestants who’ve proffered their glorious pieces of encouragement, but there’s still time to enter. . . The contest ends on Midnight CST, November 15th — that’s this Thursday!
Huzzah!
(Back to it then.)
Woke up to a nice surprise this morning! The Zombie Feed Volume 1 was nominated for Mail Order Zombie‘s Dead Letter Award!
This collection of zombie stories features several forays into the zombie genre and includes my story “Tomorrow’s Precious Lambs,” which I read last year at OddCon in Madison, Wisconsin.
If you like the collection, I’d appreciate a vote. If not? Well, thank you for considering it anyway and reading my post. Regardless, there’s a ton of other stories to check out so visit the 2011 Dead Letter Award Nominees and feed your brrrrraaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnssssssssssss!!!