I don't know about The Zombie Queen, but from what I know of Generation Dead, they're still not zombies in the Romero sense -- they simply don't lie down when they're dead or something, right?
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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Amy - Oct 26, 2009 12:39:16 pm PDT #2727 of 6690
Because books.
Barb - Oct 26, 2009 12:40:34 pm PDT #2728 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Which is what I LOVE about your idea, Amy. You're not romanticizing the zombies for the reader's benefit, you're just having your character romanticize what it would be like to have her boyfriend forever and realizing it's *not* a good idea.
::hearts Amy::
Gudanov - Oct 26, 2009 12:43:40 pm PDT #2729 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Those are just off the top of my head, but it's been the reaction of publishing in the wake of the vampire saturation.
So one should go with skeletons or liches to get ahead of the curve?
Polter-Cow - Oct 26, 2009 12:51:03 pm PDT #2730 of 6690
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There are quite a few P-C. It's been a growing trend in the last eighteen months or so.
Huh! I had no idea.
YOU'RE SO UNDEAD TO ME (which has a sequel)
That title sounds familiar, and I like it, but I didn't realize it was a zombie romance.
GENERATION DEAD (also has a sequel).
Yeah, my friend mentions that one.
The point of mine is, bringing your boyfriend back from the dead is *not* a good idea, so we're talking more Buffy/"Becoming" than a Twilight-esque (creepy) happily ever after.
Yeah, because your take on it is the first I read, I couldn't even imagine that someone would have attempted a zombie romance. Since...it's not a good idea.
Although there was that one movie, My Boyfriend's Back. I never saw it, though.
Amy - Oct 26, 2009 1:06:53 pm PDT #2731 of 6690
Because books.
Aw, thank you, Barb!
Gudanov - Oct 26, 2009 2:03:32 pm PDT #2732 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
The point of mine is, bringing your boyfriend back from the dead is *not* a good idea, so we're talking more Buffy/"Becoming" than a Twilight-esque (creepy) happily ever after.
That sounds like a really good take.
Atropa - Oct 26, 2009 2:24:11 pm PDT #2733 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So one should go with skeletons or liches to get ahead of the curve?
Mummies.
Having read Generation Dead and You're So Undead To Me, I wasn't overly impressed with either of them. Generation Dead is clever, but the writing didn't grab me. And You're So Undead To Me was ... eh? Run-of-the-mill paranormal YA?
Whereas I'm VERY VERY EXCITED to read Amy's book. Because the bits I've read so far are fantastic.
Barb - Oct 26, 2009 2:59:48 pm PDT #2734 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Eh, removed because seriously, no need to dwell.
Amy - Oct 26, 2009 3:22:24 pm PDT #2735 of 6690
Because books.
Jilli made me blush.
Atropa - Oct 26, 2009 3:49:11 pm PDT #2736 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli made me blush.
It's true! I can't wait to read the entire thing!