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Get Your Zombie Turkeys Laughter Right Here!

Okay, it’s been a while since I gave away Zombie Turkeys excerpts: today’s your lucky day! Get Your Zombie Turkeys Laughter Right Here!

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Zombie Turkeys front cover. Click to get a copy!

Wait–But Why Get Your Zombie Turkeys Laughter?

Mr. or Ms. Skeptic wants to know–why will I laugh? Will you believe another person, not me?

Check out this review by someone I’ve never met:

Zombie Turkeys?? Yup you heard it right. “Gobble Gobble”.

Okay, so it is pretty much the same formula and tropes that we’ve seen before. Science experiment gone wrong, and it causes humans/animals to go rabid and tear apart everything. Amidst all that we have everyday individuals caught in the zombie wave, fighting and holding on to dear life, and the strife brings together people from different walks of life and bonds them together. New alliances are formed, camaraderie and sportsmanship (literally) are bought to the forefront. We find out that the world is indeed a great place and people are essentially good.

Now in this novel it’s turkeys that underwent zombification. Don’t know why Andy choose Turkeys, then again, why the hell not?? Now, read everything in the previous paragraph as a satire or with a comedic tone and you get a novel that is a laughter riot from start to finish. If you take this novel seriously then seriously there is something wrong with you. I’m sure of one thing, Andy must have really enjoyed writing this one, cause I really enjoyed reading it.

Plot Summary:

So there is a turkey infection outbreak across the United States. The result is that the turkeys kind of become like Wolverine, you can cut or shoot or slash or skewer but like good old Wolvie, the turkeys heal themselves and keep on marching. Hell, turkeys kept inside freezers come back to life and start growing feathers and other accessories. They peck to death humans and other predators, overwhelming them by sheer numbers. If this were a movie I would put this in the posters –

“The last thing you hear before being pecked to death is Gobble Gobble “

Anyway back to the plot, as always we need a hero and that role is done by Sam Melvin reporter for a local newspaper. He is the first one to report the zombie turkey attacks and thus the popularity of their newspaper skyrockets. His boss, Lisa who used to see him as an underachiever falls for him and they develop a relationship. They capitalize on the whole outbreak scenario and provide reports and videos of turkey attacks, people who survived the attacks and other info, on how to fight the turkeys and what precautions need to be taken.

I was hooked on to the stadium scene where a flock of more than 100,000 turkeys descended to the field while a football match was in progress. This was by far the funniest and most interesting of all the zombie battles. Fans from both teams and the players started chopping up turkeys and singing the Thanksgiving song.

Bonus: The Obamas show up in the novel. If that doesn’t pique your interest I don’t know what will.

By the end of the novel it is implied that the experiment that caused the turkeys to go zombie mode had impacted other animals as well – squirrels, rabbits, bulls and finally humans – technically actual zombies. Hooray!! Which also explains the title – “Life after Life Chronicles Part 1″. What I liked about the novel apart from the comedic aspects is Andy’s writing that sometimes makes us wonder if we are actually reading a satirical novel. As ludicrous as it seems, occasionally we are left to seek out the humor as, when people die by turkeys (Lol) the description takes on a serious tone. Don’t worry, it isn’t that depressing, the humor marches it’s way back in, in the next line or paragraph.

So we have sequels to this and part 2 of the series is called – “My Undead Mother-in-law“.

I wish all the very best for Andy and his zombie horde of characters. Keep writing!!

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With no further ado, here’s your first excerpt:

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Just when you think it can’t get better, here’s more.

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I thought you’d never ask! Here’s how to get free Zombie Turkeys books every month. Click on my page here and subscribe to my newsletter. I pick TWO lucky winners every more by random selection by my pet phoenix. One person wins a free book of their choice: Zombie Turkeys, My Undead Mother-in-law, or Paranormal Privateers in ebook or print book format. The other person wins a free audiobook. Check out the free audiobook sample here.

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That’s it for now! Give me some reviews and feedback in the comments section, or send me an email.

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Andy Zach contemplates his next novel.

 

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Get 3 Great Writing Tips from Zombie Turkeys Author Andy Zach

Do you want to Get 3 Great Writing Tips from Zombie Turkeys Author Andy Zach? They’re coming!  But first, have a laugh, courtesy of Andy’s favorite, Weird Al Yankovich!

Get 3 Great Writing Tips – Your First Tip

Have you heard of the Three Act Story Structure? How about the nine plot points? It’s foundational to most movies and plays and books. First invented by Aristotle, this article delves into it:

There are many variations on this theme, but if you think about it, every story has a beginning, middle, and end. Your story usually climaxes after the middle, or at the end of the second act of the play, and then the results of the action happen.

Intermission in Get 3 Great Writing Tips

Will we be dominated by robots in the future? Comment on this post or drop me a line, after watching this video.

And now on to the next tip.

Get 3 Great Writing Tips – Your Second Tip

Now you’ve got some idea about story structure, tell me about your favorite characters. Tell me about either characters you’ve created or your favorite fictional characters of all time. Then tell me what motivated them. Character motivation is what the next tip is all about.

Next, a Squirrel of a Different Color

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A malabar squirrel from India. Truly a squirrel of a different color. Links to another squirrel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get 3 Great Writing Tips – The Third and Final Tip

I thought about telling you more about plotting, like my previous post teaching plotting, or my second lesson about plotting. I found the next article is even better, revealing another technique. Have you ever used tension between characters to create interest in a story? Read all about how to do that. Let me know what you think of it!

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Fan Comments and Free Books–Get Yours Now

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Fan Comments and Free Books

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Chipmunks celebrating. They’re key characters in ‘My Undead Mother-in-law’. Click to learn more.

I want YOU to enjoy my Fan Comments.  Some are from email, some from Goodreads, some from Amazon. and some from Facebook.

You’ll enjoy the ones I picked out.

Are you jealous, that these fans are picked out for notoriety, and not you? Just contact me here and maybe next time I’ll post your comment.

Or just reply to this post below.

Fan Comments — Free Books Next

Everyone wants free books. Did you know I give away a free ebook or paperback EVERY month? I have a monthly drawing.

Did you know I give away a free AUDIOBOOK every month? I have a monthly drawing for that too.

How do you get in the drawings? Subscribe here, at my Mailchimp Landing page. But hurry! The next drawings are September 1st.

Speaking of landings, here’s a good near-landing. Best comment or caption gets an ebook!

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B-52 buzzing a carrier. Do you have a better caption?

 

 

 

 

 

 

First, the Best Email Fan Comments

In a recent newsletter, I encouraged fans to respond to this picture. Boy did they!

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Mysterious iceberg – From a recent newsletter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I asked my fans to explain how this photo was created. Here are the two best responses:

From “Spam Collector”:

Seriously, look at the lower part of the iceberg. Colors and shapes are too
perfect. Nothing in the background even though there is land or other bergs?

Photoshop.

Then, from Howard:

I assume it is a photo on top and an artist’s rendering below for several reasons.

1, the physics.  the ice would not be stable in that position.  it would turn on its side.  Just as a sheet of ice on a pond does not point up and down.

2. the optics.  there is not as much detail in the bottom as the top.

3. unless illuminated artificially, the bottom would be in darkness, and the top brighter. Water absorbs visible light. so there should be a gradient illumination.

4. Pictures I have seen of real icebergs tend to look more like somewhat smooshed Hershey’s kisses. Kind of pointier on the top and kind of a blob below.

I awarded Howard the free ebook.

Second, Best Goodreads Fan Comment Follows

Goodreads doesn’t get the traffic Amazon does, but there are great book fans there!

Fan comments
Zombie Turkeys audiobook cover. Click to get!

From author E.M. Swifthook:

This was a book I picked up with trepidation as it seemed all too possible it would be a ‘one trick pony’ stretching a single joke to beyond breaking point across the length of an entire novel. Wrong! It is like a bowl of potpourri on the sideboard of life – lots of subtle blending examples of humour – many of them very American so I suspect there were even more than I noticed, handicapped by my British perspective. This is a book that takes ironic comedy to a whole new level – maybe ‘steelic’ comedy…? Humour is a very personal thing, but this book hit me right on the funny bone.

Third, Best Amazon Fan Comment

I still like this next one, even a year later!

September 11, 2017

Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase

From Mike Gilliam

I think even I would like cats if they looked like this.

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