Synopsis
for GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie:
Sixteen-year-old
Rebecca Herrera Hayes' life changes forever when her cousin Spence comes back
to their small Wisconsin town carrying a deadly secret—he's becoming a zombie,
a fate he shares with her through an accidental scratch.
The Z infection,
however, has mutated, affecting younger persons like her, or those treated
early enough, differently. Now she must cope with weird physical changes and
habits no girl wants to be noticed for.
But time is running
out... Becca needs the help of her friends and other cousin to fight off hungry
zombies and find their missing mothers.
Most of all, she needs
to find something, anything, to stop this deadly transformation before it is
forever too late... (Read prologue and download chapter 1 at
book page, http://www.cverstraete.com/girlz-teenage-zombie-book.html)
Q: What’s your favorite
line from any movie?
"Tomorrow is
another day." (Scarlett in Gone with the Wind)
Q: You've just been
hired to a promotions position at Kellog Co. What would you put in a new
breakfast cereal box as a gimmick?
How about real food?
haa! Make it a zombie cereal - with candy red skulls, though Becca (in GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie) has
slightly odder tastes. Nope, not telling! It's not what you think!
Q: Name five adjectives
to describe yourself.
Short. Funny. Friendly.
Impatient. Questioning.
Q: If you could visit
any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why?
If I could afford it,
and it wasn't so dangerous, I'd love to see the pyramids in Egypt.
Q: If you could
eliminate one thing from your daily schedule, what would it be and why?
Exercising. I get
bored.
Q: If you wake up as
(name any famous personality), what's the first thing you would do?
I'd like to be 1920s
movie star Clara Bow and be able to see the time period myself. First thing I'd
do is get on the phone and call Charlie Chaplin to go to lunch, then call my
agent.
Q: Three things I think
will become obsolete in 10 years:
I hate to think it but probably
print newspapers and magazines; and irons (who irons anymore? or hardly ever).
Q: When people look at
me, they would never guess that I:..
Collect and make
dollhouses.
Q: What are your
favorite pizza toppings?
Mushrooms always
Pepperoni sometimes; sorry, not brains and worms. haaa!
Q: You wouldn't be
caught dead where?
At a strip club.
Q: Name 2 things you
consider yourself to be very good at.
Writing and crafting
miniatures.
Q: Name 2 things you
consider yourself to be very bad at.
Housework and dieting.
Necessary evils.
Q: Do you scream on roller coasters? Do you lift
up your hands?
Oh yes! And it has to
be the front or last seats. Love them!
Q: What’s your favorite
horror movie?
I thought Zombieland
was hysterical. Scariest: Dawn of the Dead. But I always liked the old Wolfman
movie, too.
Q: Tea or coffee?
Tea.
Q: Tell us something
you hate doing. Why?
Now I hate putting on
makeup. The older you get, the more you have to do, ha!
Q: As a child, what did
you wish to become when you grew up?
An archeologist or paleontologist.
Instead I have to settle for writing about them.
Q: Pen or pencil?
Pen. Black.
Q: Any special top
secret projects? Can you share with us?
Then it wouldn't be TOP
SECRET right? haa! Let's say I still like to write about zombies.
Bio:
Christine
Verstraete is a big Halloween fan who enjoys a good scare or two. Her short
fiction has appeared online and in anthologies including Timeshares and Steampunk'd
from DAW Books. Her new YA book, GIRL Z:
My Life as a Teenage Zombie was released August 1. Stop by her website at http://cverstraete.com or blogs, http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com
and http://candidcanine.blogspot.com.
***
Don't forget to follow along the rest of the tour! ***
GIRL
Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie
Book Launch Blog Tour - August 5-15
Monday, 8/5 - Marian
Allen,- http://www.marianallen.com
Tuesday, 8/6 - Armand
Rosamilia, http://armandrosamilia.com/
Wednesday, 8/7 -
GirlZombieAuthors, http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com
Thursday, 8/8 -
StraightFromHel, Helen Ginger, http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com/
Friday, 8/9 - Dana
Wright, ZombieGirlShambling, http://zombiegirlshambling.blogspot.com/
Saturday, 8/10 - GirlZombieAuthors,
http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com
Monday, 8/12 - AR Von,
Dreamz of Dragons, http://dreamzofdragons.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, 8/13 - B.
Swangin Webster, Books, Shoes, Writing, http://booksshoeswriting.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 8/14 - DB
Corey, http://dbcorey.blogspot.com/
Thursday, 8/15 - Wrap-up - GirlZombieAuthors, http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteAWESOME interview!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun interview!! Christine, we have a lot in common. My dream trip is also Egypt and when I was younger I wanted to be either a paleontologist or archeologist! Those were really fun questions and great answers!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Chrissy!
ReplyDeleteJolinie: I did say earlier we might be related? You may be my second pod sister!
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ReplyDeleteI am curious to read from the zombie's perspective, sounds challenging to write a likeable character and I am wanting to read this one ;) Thank you for sharing with us and for the treat of a giveaway.
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