Tuesday, March 25, 2014
UnZombies Now Available at All Major Online Book Retailers
It now shows up in searches at Barnes & Noble, Apple Bookstore and Amazon.
Friday, March 21, 2014
UnZombies Starting to Show Up at Online Vendors!
I've located UnZombies at Scribd and Barnes & Noble thus far. Just a matter of time before it's at most. Smashwords is taking care of this distribution quickly. I'll be doing Amazon over the weekend.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Premium Distribution Approved for UnZombies!
Wow, that didn't take long. That is, Premium Distribution approval. Now, Smashwords, my distributor for my books, will be shipping the book to all its channels. They include Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, Page Foundry, Library Direct, Flipkart, Oyster, Scribd, Baker & Taylor Blio and Baker-Taylor Axis360. I will handle the distribution to Amazon. It may take a week or two to show up in these markets.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
A Brief Excerpt from the Book
This is a passage where Roberta Wiederganger meets Morton Revenant for the second time, only under more stressful circumstances.
Ro had earned a reputation in her close circle of friends who trained together as an unforgiving fighter. She was one who could take a tremendous beating, while demonstrating an indefatigable ability to rise again and again, eventually and most often overcoming a vastly superior opponent. It was her over-the-top determination coupled with an unworldly insensitivity to pain. She once missed four days of work, using the excuse of an unreported car accident. Those who witnessed her underground fight saw Mama Oso (the 'Bear'), a female Mexican behemoth of a fighting machine standing over six feet two and weighing almost two hundred seventy pounds, spend over an hour pummeling the smaller female Police detective from El Paso. The undefeated Mexican fighter broke several of Ro's ribs, her jaw, and an ankle bone, while giving her two black eyes and innumerable bruises. For 75 minutes, a largely Mexican crowd, having bet exclusively on her victory despite 40-1 odds, watched the most lop-sided fight they had seen in years. They had come to watch a terrible beating and were getting their money's worth.
The fight was almost stopped early when Ro became blinded by the amount blood on her face and in her eyes and another when she almost lost consciousness in a submission hold. However, the fight took a dramatic turn after an hour and fifteen minutes. Mama Oso decided that Ro was beaten down enough and it was her time to end the war. She sensed that Ro was now vulnerable, sore, tired, and bruised enough to be unable to sustain her final, overwhelming attack. The two stood some fifteen feet apart. Ro slumped, sensing the attack. Rope-a-dope style, a la Muhammed Ali, she tried her best to look defeated and defensive. Oso bought the ruse and came at her furiously. Ro dropped to her knees, further promoting her stance as a defeated opponent, but waited patiently. The huge Mexican got to a point about three feet away and reached down to grab Ro by an arm. Ro was much faster and agile than her slew-footed adversary, jumping to her side and striking Oso one time left hand to her throat with a followup right upward palm into her nasal cavity. The big Mexican fell like a bag of rocks, attempting to breath for about 15 seconds, then passed out. She died within a couple minutes. The spectators, first energized by the expected ending of Oso's knockout punch, fell silent as Ro stood over her, raising her bloodied arms in victory. After the shock of the sudden reversal in Oso's fortune, the crowd cheered loudly for their new heroine. Ro never fought underground again, but her reputation never diminished. It grew, although no one really knew who she was. She fought under a thick veil of anonymity. Sometimes someone who attended the underground battle in Juarez thought he recognized her as the Yanqui beetch who defeated Mama Oso, but she never admitted anything to anyone. Knowing she had won was sufficient for her.
Ro had earned a reputation in her close circle of friends who trained together as an unforgiving fighter. She was one who could take a tremendous beating, while demonstrating an indefatigable ability to rise again and again, eventually and most often overcoming a vastly superior opponent. It was her over-the-top determination coupled with an unworldly insensitivity to pain. She once missed four days of work, using the excuse of an unreported car accident. Those who witnessed her underground fight saw Mama Oso (the 'Bear'), a female Mexican behemoth of a fighting machine standing over six feet two and weighing almost two hundred seventy pounds, spend over an hour pummeling the smaller female Police detective from El Paso. The undefeated Mexican fighter broke several of Ro's ribs, her jaw, and an ankle bone, while giving her two black eyes and innumerable bruises. For 75 minutes, a largely Mexican crowd, having bet exclusively on her victory despite 40-1 odds, watched the most lop-sided fight they had seen in years. They had come to watch a terrible beating and were getting their money's worth.
The fight was almost stopped early when Ro became blinded by the amount blood on her face and in her eyes and another when she almost lost consciousness in a submission hold. However, the fight took a dramatic turn after an hour and fifteen minutes. Mama Oso decided that Ro was beaten down enough and it was her time to end the war. She sensed that Ro was now vulnerable, sore, tired, and bruised enough to be unable to sustain her final, overwhelming attack. The two stood some fifteen feet apart. Ro slumped, sensing the attack. Rope-a-dope style, a la Muhammed Ali, she tried her best to look defeated and defensive. Oso bought the ruse and came at her furiously. Ro dropped to her knees, further promoting her stance as a defeated opponent, but waited patiently. The huge Mexican got to a point about three feet away and reached down to grab Ro by an arm. Ro was much faster and agile than her slew-footed adversary, jumping to her side and striking Oso one time left hand to her throat with a followup right upward palm into her nasal cavity. The big Mexican fell like a bag of rocks, attempting to breath for about 15 seconds, then passed out. She died within a couple minutes. The spectators, first energized by the expected ending of Oso's knockout punch, fell silent as Ro stood over her, raising her bloodied arms in victory. After the shock of the sudden reversal in Oso's fortune, the crowd cheered loudly for their new heroine. Ro never fought underground again, but her reputation never diminished. It grew, although no one really knew who she was. She fought under a thick veil of anonymity. Sometimes someone who attended the underground battle in Juarez thought he recognized her as the Yanqui beetch who defeated Mama Oso, but she never admitted anything to anyone. Knowing she had won was sufficient for her.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
UnZombies is Published in Smashwords!
A zombie apocalypse novel of 58,000+ words. UnZombies. Using the dead to fight the dangerous living and the dead. That's what they do. The secret of them is developed by an eccentric, perverse, wealthy genius.
Brief Book Description below the final cover selection...
Brief Book Description below the final cover selection...
On an
archaeological dig in Alaska, a professor was bitten by a prehistoric man dead for
10,000 years. The death and reanimation of an astronaut forced the escape of
others from the 'safety' of the International Space Station. News of a
developing apocalyptic pandemic circulated worldwide. The ocean rescue of an
infected astronaut put the worlds' two largest naval forces on a collision
course toward war. Two fighter
pilots, an astronaut and her police detective sister and flee zombie
danger on an aircraft carrier to the American Southwest in order to survive.
Ultimately,
they decide to seek refuge with the estranged, innovative, perverse and wealthy
brother of one of the fighter pilots. Longtime serious family relationship
issues remained unresolved before the brother offered protection from a rogue
military force and the reanimated local human population. How? UnZombies. Dead, but not dangerous.
The book has to be approved for Premium Distribution before it is sent off from my Distributor, Smashwords, to the many other retail distribution outlets, e.g. Apple, Sony, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, etc.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Saturday, March 8, 2014
First Edit Complete on Zombie Book...Entries in Art Exhibition Make the Cut
Well, I'm well into the second edit of my newest Zombie novel. Each time through is another chance to fix any typos, spelling errors, continuity issues, storyline changes, etc. I'll probably finish it off with the third I have to decide whether the ending is to my liking. The thing is, an apocalypse theme usually doesn't go well, but I have to give the reader something hope....or do I?
My two entries in the Nature-themed exhibit made it through the selection process. That's good news. I'm guessing by the numbers I saw online that not many were not allowed in. Members (of which I am) were allowed at least one of their entries would be selected.
I'm looking at entering a couple of other juried exhibits in the spring and summer. More on that later.
My two entries in the Nature-themed exhibit made it through the selection process. That's good news. I'm guessing by the numbers I saw online that not many were not allowed in. Members (of which I am) were allowed at least one of their entries would be selected.
I'm looking at entering a couple of other juried exhibits in the spring and summer. More on that later.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Third Zombie Book (as yet untitled) is Finished!
Sort of. I always have to go through a number of edits which will take a couple weeks, anyway. There's a boatload of errors I have to fix, including those of format, spelling, grammar as well as story and character development, continuity, etc. I look forward to this (except for the formatting which is a pain in the butt, as usual).
There are a number of interesting characters in this. Some family dysfunctional issues and backstory. Also, story sites include an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, the estate of a very rich technology entrepreneur in the Southwest, an archeological site in Alaska and the International Space Station.
That's all for now.
There are a number of interesting characters in this. Some family dysfunctional issues and backstory. Also, story sites include an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, the estate of a very rich technology entrepreneur in the Southwest, an archeological site in Alaska and the International Space Station.
That's all for now.
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