Ask the Author: Jack Strange
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Jack Strange
Let me see...
I'm just coming to the end of Salvage by Duncan Ralston.
As soon as I've finished that, I'm going to read Junky by William Burroughs. I've read the first two pages of it and I'm hooked already!
Bug Jack Baron by Norman Spinrad
A Can of Worms by Russel H Greenan
Confessions by Kanae Minato The Gift by Louise Jensen
The Secret History by Donna Tart
That's about it - it might not sound like much, but I have to leave some time to do my own writing! Anyway, they probably won't last out the summer and I'll be getting some more books to occupy what little free time I have!
I'm just coming to the end of Salvage by Duncan Ralston.
As soon as I've finished that, I'm going to read Junky by William Burroughs. I've read the first two pages of it and I'm hooked already!
Bug Jack Baron by Norman Spinrad
A Can of Worms by Russel H Greenan
Confessions by Kanae Minato The Gift by Louise Jensen
The Secret History by Donna Tart
That's about it - it might not sound like much, but I have to leave some time to do my own writing! Anyway, they probably won't last out the summer and I'll be getting some more books to occupy what little free time I have!
Jack Strange
D.R. and Quinch - because they are anarchic, funny, and have no respect for authority - much like me!
Jack Strange
Great idea Edward, I would never have thought of it. I could see it happening!
Jack Strange
I'm certainly not going to argue with that - thank you Edward!
Jack Strange
I'l email you Olivia.
Jack Strange
As a matter of fact it has, Jack. Check this one out by The Horror Nation BlogSpot: http://thehorrornation.blogspot.co.uk/
Jack Strange
I don't have to. I never get it. Look, my writing heroes never had writer's block. I'm talking about people like Jim Thompson and Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson. Those guys didn't know what writer's block was. Why should I be any different to them?
Jack Strange
You get to do the thing you like as soon as you get out of bed if you want to.
Jack Strange
I can only answer this question in relation to writers who aspire to write novels. My advice is (I'm afraid you've heard it many times before): keep writing. The only way to get better at anything is through experience and practice. When you've paid your dues, you'll write a good novel.
Jack Strange
The sequel to 'Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse'. The working title is 'Zomcats!'. It might end up being the actual title.
Jack Strange
I'm enthusiastic about the worlds and lives I create in my head. That's all you need to be inspired.
Jack Strange
I was thinking one day that zombies always behave in a really stupid way.
They eat anyone they can get their hands on, or turn them into zombies by biting them.
Logically, that should mean that if the zombies succeeded in taking over the planet, then sooner or later there would be no people around, only zombies, and the zombies wouldn’t have anything to eat. They’d have guaranteed their own extinction.
Then I thought: what if you had intelligent zombies? What would they do? They wouldn’t want to eat everyone, or turn the population of the entire world into zombies, because they’d know that if they did, there’d be nothing left for them to eat except each other. They’d probably work out that their best course of action would be to enslave people and farm them for the table.
Then, after I’d come up with that idea, it occurred to me that the ideal cross-section of people to have as zombies would be a group that were involved in the food industry. I settled on chefs because I could see how I could have a lot of fun with that idea – I could describe how they enjoyed cooking people in elaborate ways before eating them. I don’t think that’s been done in zombie literature before.
They eat anyone they can get their hands on, or turn them into zombies by biting them.
Logically, that should mean that if the zombies succeeded in taking over the planet, then sooner or later there would be no people around, only zombies, and the zombies wouldn’t have anything to eat. They’d have guaranteed their own extinction.
Then I thought: what if you had intelligent zombies? What would they do? They wouldn’t want to eat everyone, or turn the population of the entire world into zombies, because they’d know that if they did, there’d be nothing left for them to eat except each other. They’d probably work out that their best course of action would be to enslave people and farm them for the table.
Then, after I’d come up with that idea, it occurred to me that the ideal cross-section of people to have as zombies would be a group that were involved in the food industry. I settled on chefs because I could see how I could have a lot of fun with that idea – I could describe how they enjoyed cooking people in elaborate ways before eating them. I don’t think that’s been done in zombie literature before.
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