T.J. Alex's Blog

More than 3,000 words typed today. Almost there!

I have one more chapter to type up and I want to line up some beta readers for when it is finished.

This is a zombie novel, but if you are a fan of the genre who is looking for lots of cheap action and gore, this is probably not for you. This is more of a character-driven story with the zombies more as background than anything else. But they do come into play from time to time.

The book should weigh in at around 100k words and 350 pages (already formatted in ebook form).

Along with a .pdf of the manuscript, I'll also send a small list of specific things I'm hoping you'll be able to help with/look for, as well as a Scientific American article where some of my research came from. I don't think you'll have to read the whole article.

I believe in several beta-readers. That way if three or four people bring up the same issue, you know it should likely be changed. If only one person brings up an issue, it's likely personal opinion and not anything to really worry about. Make sense?

Please message me in Goodreads, or email me at tjalex01@gmail.com if you are interested.

Thank you.

Got more than 6,200 words typed up this weekend. Book currently weighs in at 90,000+ words and 315 pages.

Haven't been getting as much typing done the last few days as I'd like to. Gonna try and get some typed up tonight. Only about four more chapters to go and the rough draft is completely typed up!

Okay, this will sound strange, but I've created some t-shirts to raise money for the publication of my zombie novel.

And if you are an animal lover like me, rest assured that 25% will be donated to the SPCA, as the badge of the webpage verifies.

There are options for men's and women's shirts in various colors, as well as hoodies and coffee mugs.

Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think:

https://teespring.com/new-deadfall

And please, like this or re-post it if you like the shirts, even if you can't buy one.

And if you DO buy one, please take a picture of yourself (a PG picture please) in it so I can post it on social network pages as well as my (future) website.

Done writing for the day. Got more than 2,500 words typed up today. Not too bad. So far the zombie novel weighs in at 78,000 words and 273 pages.

I've gotten over 1,700 typed up so far today, and the day is young. My 8-yr-old son took pictures of me at work. I'll upload them to the site. In case you're wondering, the book is completely written on legal pads, and now I'm in the process of transcribing it into Word.

Got 1,388 words typed up on my zombie novel today.

Okay, so I created a Facebook page to go along with my Goodreads page. I don't know a whole lot about social media, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Please check out the page here: https://www.facebook.com/Tj-Alex-1353...

And please "like" the page if you like the page. See what I did there?

Got over 1,700 words typed up today. Not too bad. So far the book (which is formatted in Word to look like a book page) weighs in at 262 pages and almost 75,000 words. Still have a ways to go to get it all typed up. Hopefully get it done by the end of March.