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Zombie Turkeys Fly Off the Shelves

Zombie Turkeys Fly Off the Shelves at Peoria Barnes and Noble Bookstore

This very day, Sunday, March 26, I visited Peoria’s Barnes and Noble and signed many copies of Zombie Turkeys. I saw zombie turkeys fly off the shelves!

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Zombie Turkeys Fly off the shelves at Barnes and Noble

My daughter took this candid pose of me with the other authors at the author fair.

Zombie Turkeys Fly
Zombie Turkeys Fly Off the Shelves at Peoria Barnes and Noble Bookstore. Click the picture to buy your own copy.

I also picked up some newsletter subscribers. In case you didn’t know, newsletter subscribers get in the drawing for free books on March 31st. You can subscribe here.

You can win either Zombie Turkeys paperback, ebook, or audiobook or My Undead Mother-in-law paperback or ebook.

What Else Is Happening, Besides Zombie Turkeys Flying?

There’s this cool video of Jeff Bezos of Amazon in a robotic power suit:

What do robots have to do with Zombie Turkeys?  Or the sequel, My Undead Mother-in-law? Read and find out!

Then there’s this great article on writing:

Finally, there’s this free book giveaway.

Anything Else Going On?

You bet! Tomorrow I’m going to my fiction class at Bradley University. We’re to bring along some examples of dialogue. You can read some here from my free excerpt from Zombie Turkeys.

Andy Zach Barnes and Noble Appearance
Zombie Turkeys Novel Cover

Or, you can have me read it to you here:

If you find you have a sudden burning desire to buy a copy of Zombie Turkeys (not unusual at all!), just click here:

Andy Zach Barnes and Noble Appearance!
Cover of Kindle edition of “Zombie Turkeys”

That’s all for now!  Andy Zach, signing off!

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Andy Zach, ready to go.
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Is Illinois Zombie Ready? Yes! Are You?

The State of Illinois: Zombie Ready

Illinois ranks first in the loss of manufacturing jobs. Illinoisans are fleeing to other states, due to a negative tax and political environment. But, in case of zombie apocalypse “Illinois Zombie Ready” should be the state motto.

Illinois Zombie Ready
State of Illinois Seal

CNN has noted this:
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Underway! Zombie Turkeys Graphic Novel Application!

You Spoke!  Zombie Turkeys Graphic Novel Application Has Begun!

And the poll results are in: 100% of you want a Zombie Turkeys Graphic Novel! So I’ve begun the Zombie Turkeys graphic novel Application process.

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Trial image 1 of Zombie Turkeys Graphic Novel

Application to where? To the Image comics website here.

Now Andy, Exactly What Does “Application” Mean?

What? You’ve never made a graphic novel before?  Neither have I. Here’s the application:

PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS:

  1. A brief, typed cover letter that summarizes your project and your previous work, if relevant. Include contact information (name, e-mail address, address, phone and fax numbers) clearly printed on the top of the page. Submissions are responded to via e-mail only.
  2. A typed, one page, synopsis of the overall story arc (not just of the first issue). Please keep this as succinct as possible and do include major plot points and spoilers. Tell us what sets your story apart from other comics and be clear as to who the target audience is (“Everyone” is not realistic—there is no single book on the market today that everybody buys). You can tell us whether you see it as a full color or a black-and-white book, a miniseries or an ongoing series, a prestige book or an original graphic novel. There are times, however, when we may suggest what format we think will be most successful for your story in the current market.
  3. Photocopies of fully inked and lettered sequential story art pages (any size, but no character sketches or bios). DO NOT SEND ORIGINAL ART as your work will not be returned. Please include a minimum of five pages that are fully inked and lettered. We may make suggestions based off these, but we are primarily concerned with your understanding of the medium and how to tell a sequential story. Color is OPTIONAL. If you have a colorist and plan on this being a colored book, it would be advisable, we may suggest a different colorist if we decide to acquire the project.

    We interrupt this application to show you . . .

    One page of our graphic novel submission:

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