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Zombie Love: The Outbreak
1. Tell us a little about yourself?
Eric: I am from
Anchorage, Alaska, where I was born and raised. I just moved to Seattle, WA
about three months ago with my awesome girlfriend and our
little Pomeranian (his name is Little Bear), and so far am completely loving
it. Yes, I have a day job, and I hope
that my passion for writing will someday take over and become that day job. I
love technology, video games, and I believe that everybody should go sky diving
at least once in their lives.
2.
Who are some of your favorite authors?
Eric: I think the author
that has had the most influence on me as a writer would be Stephen King, but
some of my other favorites are definitely Terry Brooks, Craig Thompson, George
R.R. Martin, and most things by David Gaider. I love David Gaider mostly for
his work in video games i.e. Dragon Age.
3.
Books that you currently have on your shelf?
Eric: Fury by Salman Rushdie, Blankets and Habibi by
Craig Thompson, American Gods by Neil
Gaiman, but my most beloved book currently on the shelf is my first copy of The Sword of Shannaraby Terry Brooks that
I received as a birthday present when I was twelve and read in two weeks. Two
of the pages are stuck together with gum (hey, I was twelve) but I still read
it from time to time.
4.
Tell us something about your book?
Eric: Zombie Love: The Outbreak actually started
out as a joke. I thought it would be funny if a person was in love with a
zombie, which of course could never reciprocate any of those feelings of love.
As the story evolved, I realized that if (when) the zombie apocalypse happened,
every single person would be in love with a zombie. Every zombie would be
somebody’s mother, brother, husband, daughter. And so the idea became much less
silly and more realistic. Who knows, maybe this is exactly what would really
happen.
5.
Why are you fascinated by Zombies?
Eric: I love video
games. As such, I have been exposed to zombies my entire life. I feel that
recently, zombies have evolved in the world of film with movies like 28 Days Later and they have always been
so successful in video games that I thought it was time to make zombies new and
interesting in the literary world.
6.
Who is your favorite character?
Eric: My favorite
character is definitely Dale Kissinger, and the only reason I like him more
than Summer right now is that he plays such an important role in the second
book, and I knew he was going to as soon as I started writing him. Summer
obviously also holds a special place in my heart. Not a lot of heroines like
Summer out there.
7.
Any advice to aspiring writers? Yes. Write. I know
that is cliché, but seriously, just write. The more you write, the better you
get, and the better you get, the less chance of being call an “aspiring writer”
and the more chance of just being called a “writer”.
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