What are these Two Weekend Book Events for You? First, there is the My Undead Mother-in-law Facebook Launch Party. From anywhere and everywhere around the world people will pile into the party room–virtually.
Fantasy and Science Fiction authors will each host an hour of fun from 9 AM Central to 5 PM. I will give away four copies of my first book in the Life After Life Chronicles, Zombie Turkeys, and four copies of My Undead Mother-in-law, one each hour. Who knows what the other authors will do? Expect mayhem, quizzes, games, and free books!
Or, you can run his official interview with the paper made famous in Zombie Turkeys, The Midley Beacon:
Is That All There Is? Two Weekend Book Events?
That would be no! We have another book event and author appearance coming up in the metropolis of Chillicothe, Illinois.
If Peoria is too big and bustling for you to go there, go to the quiet town of Chillicothe the following week. It was the site of a bloody scene in Zombie Turkeys, but don’t worry–no zombie turkeys are there now.
Zombie Turkey, “I’m not in Chillicothe! Really!”
Chillicothe straddles Rt 29 and nestles next to the Illinois river. It’s next to the burgs of Lacon and Sparland, and about ten miles north of Peoria. At 2,000 people, Chilli is bigger than Midley, Illinois (population 512), but smaller than Peoria (110,000).
Andy will be just as alive there as he is in Peoria. And he will sign your books and answer your questions about his books, writing, and self publishing.
I’m busier than a zombie turkey trying to scratch out your eye with one leg torn off and the week just began! I had an author interview yesterday with Mackenzie Flohr (click to go to her blog).
In the interview, I discuss my newest novel, My Undead Mother-in-law.
New Book Coming! Get It by clicking here!
Here comes another author interview
Sharp-eyed readers of this blog will remember this event coming up Tuesday, August 1st:
I’ll appear on WMBD channel 31 in Peoria Illinois. Shape the interview yourself. Follow the link to the poll and select the questions you want. Even if your questions don’t get covered in the interview, I’ll answer them for you in the after action report.
Still more author interviews for you!
That poll will be handy for the other interviews that happen this week! On the 31st of July I give an interview for an online blog. That will appear later.
On August 9th you can meet me in person and get your information first hand! I’ll visit Chillicothe Illinois Public Library to meet fans and sign books.
Then There’s the Big One
Author appearance or zombie turkey? Click to download Zombie Turkeys
No, I don’t mean the biggest tom turkey of them all, but me, Andy Zach. The biggest event of the week, the book launch of My Undead Mother-in-law at Barnes and Noble on August 5th in Peoria. Have a photo of my last appearance there.
Zombie Turkeys Fly Off the Shelves at Peoria Barnes and Noble Bookstore
And my next appearance is August 5th!
You can’t travel to Peoria? See me on Facebook!
Still happening this week is my Facebook book launch party, August 4th. Anyone from anywhere in the world can attend. Click on this link below:
Finally, faithful readers, take a deep breath. Enjoy this My Undead Mother-in-law reading by yours truly, Andy Zach.
“OK, Andy. You’re always giving away free stuff. That’s why I came here. Now tell me why you’re giving away your valuable, newly published book, in this Free My Undead Mother-in-law Book promotion.”
“I’m so glad you asked,” I said. “You see, I need book reviews as much as I need book sales. The more I get, the better I sell on Amazon. So a book review is nearly as good as a book sale.”
Andy Zach laughing at his jokes in his new novel My Undead Mother-in-law
“Don’t keep me on pins and needles! Let me know to get this free work before time runs out!”
Here’s How to Get the Free My Undead Mother-in-law Book
“I know this has a deadline, Andy. Let us in on the secret deadline.”
“It’s not so secret. Presales for My Undead Mother-in-law end on August 4th. So does the Free My Undead Mother-in-law Book offer for free copies for review.”
“Then we reviewers have to pay?”
“If you want to review, I’ll always send you a free copy. Just email me.”
Burning Hot Zombie Turkeys Graphic Novel News!
What do we have next? The Zombie Turkeys graphic novel application is under way! I’ve shown the first two pages before:
The first page of the Zombie Turkeys graphic novel.
They’ll publish a never before published excerpt from Zombie Turkeys. Of course, you readers know it all.
And they interviewed me. Here it is coming up next:
Andy Zach Interview
Q1: It’s Thanksgiving. What is on your dinner table and why?
Deep fried turkey, in peanut oil, injected with jalapeno marinade–because it’s delicious and natural turkeys don’t have enough fat. It’s accompanied by sweet potatoes with butter, stuffing seasoned with sage and onion, crisp green beans stir fried with garlic, and freshly made cranberry sauce from scratch, with orange peel and cinnamon. All because they’re delicious and the more delicious the food is, the more thankful we are. That’s the point, after all. I have my favorite cabernet sauvignon as a beverage. Dessert is one pumpkin pie and one pecan pie, homemade, by my wife and daughter, respectively. Each is the mistress of her craft. These pie slices are reverently covered in fresh whipped cream (homemade, not from a can) and consumed with strong black coffee. These desserts are traditional and delightful beyond belief. If we could simply bring warring nations together for a meal like this, and agree to feed them thus daily, all war would cease.
Q2: What three items would you want with you if caught short by a zombie apocalypse and why?
First, a naginata or glaive, which is a six-foot spear suitable for stabbing or slicing. You want to kill and dismember zombies as far away as possible. Bows and guns run out of ammunition and I don’t trust my accuracy.
Second, a kukri knife. If a zombie gets past your spear, you’ll want a heavy knife to slice them up quickly and easily. I used to think a bowie knife was the best, but upon investigation, a kukri knife seems to have better mechanical advantage. See your local mechanical engineer.
Third, if all else fails, have a whole body suit made of kevlar. It’ll be hot and sweaty, but when the zombies come biting, you’ll want total protection, including a transparent helmet of mylar. You’ll thank me when you eviscerate the zombie that tried to bite you with your kukri knife.
Q3: How would you explain the difference between satire and reality?
Reality is what happens, whether anyone perceives it or not, anywhere in our space time continuum as depicted by Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, or outside of that.
Satire is a means of portraying reality by exaggerating certain features in a humorous way. For example, you can portray Congress as immobilized by competing factions for years while people are dying; wait, that’s already happening! As I said, satire is hard, because sometimes reality is difficult to exaggerate. This is where the satirist earns his or her money by portraying a zombie apocalypse or alien invasion which is lost due to political infighting. If you can’t exaggerate one insanity, add another one. For example, Jonathan Swift, in a “Modest Proposal” portrays the political infighting of the time over the ‘Irish Problem’ and gently suggests cannibalism.
A Final Note
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