Zombie
Clueless
When
I first wrote Zombified I had watched several Zombie movies. I really enjoyed
Zombieland, Shawn of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead {the classic} a
lot. I hadn’t however heard of Warm Bodies, The Walking Dead, and all of the other
Zombie things that have come out of the woodwork since the story of Cassie and
her adventure came into my head. I love that Zombie culture is so big, but it
of course made me think that my story was just going to be one in a sea of
Zombie tales and no one would want it. I was thrilled beyond words when it was
signed with GMTA and happy to get my tale out there, but it needed some work.
Initial
beta reads were not that great, some people thought it lacked some meat, or
some parts didn’t flow well. I was still really proud of my story and knew I
could only make it better. I also had people who read it and loved it just the
way it was, and those people couldn’t understand why I pulled it for rewrites
and another good deep editing. I love those people and I am glad they loved my
book. The new version isn’t really all that different it just flows better, has
some added scenes, and already has the hearts of some of my favorite indie
authors like Alexia Purdy and Heather Powell. I am excited for the release of
the 15th, and since my story is still the same just better I know
people are going to enjoy it just as much as before. At least, I hope they do.
AUTHOR BIO’S
Lyra
McKen (aka, Emily Walker) resides in the mountains of North Carolina. She lives
on top of a mountain quite literally with her other half of nine years and her
fur baby, Rebel. After a couple of jobs ghost writing for other successful
authors she embarked on her own journey to write a novel.
ZOMBIFIED
Cassie
is a typical teenager. She’s crushing on
a boy and trying to make it through high school. It’s a typical day of classes
when all hell breaks loose. Forced to run and hide the situation just keeps
getting worse. She makes a mistake and soon becomes infected. She meets others
like her and together they sent out to find a cure. Is their fate already
sealed? Can they find a cure before it’s too late? See what happens through the
eyes of the infected when Cassie tells you how Zombies are people too.
“THE ZOMBIE LANGUAGE SLOPAR”
BY LYRA MCKEN
Slopar
'A Zombie Language'
In my novel the Zombies can actually communicate
with others in their hoard. They talk to one another with noises, groans, and
slow moving hand signals.
The language of the Zombies is a simple yet
effective one. They can alert each other that there is fresh uninfected meat
nearby. They can warn each other of impending human gun fire or explosives. The
fact that they can't move away very quickly usually means the warning comes too
late.
In the beginning of the novel Cassie is attempting
to explain to the man she is eating that there shouldn't be any hard feelings.
To him it sounds like she is moaning in pleasure over devouring his leg. She
names him Neil because she doesn't know his name. I think that she forgets that
humans can no longer understand her.
When Rose first turns Cassie cannot understand her
either. The art of Slopar comes slowly to the infected, and they eventually
will understand it when they are completely transformed.
Through the use of their Zombie language they
discover that they work better in slow moving hordes then groups of one or two.
Thanks again for allowing me to post on your blog. I
hope everyone who reads Zombified enjoys it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
xx Lyra
Mcken
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