I'm starting the outline of a book. It'll be about zombies. Beyond that, nothing is certain... or sacred. I don't know why I mentioned sanctity, it just seemed... appropriate. Maybe no trope is sacred? I think that that works well enough here. I'm pretty sure that I'll be inverting some death tropes (didja geddit? Huh? Huh?), maybe somehow flipping "break the cutie." What would it be then? "Fix the cutie?" "Rebuild the cutie?" Well, I'll think of that when and if I do actually invert it somehow. Just one clarification on the zombies, though: they will be fast, live, generally human zombies (though I might be able to squeeze in a gorilla infected... maybe). The virus will have sacrificed some traits in order to act more quickly, such as its caution in taking over the body before shifting into phase two, the "zombification" phase. It won't be the rage virus. It can be fought and beaten under certain, rare circumstances. The rabies vaccine can help your chances, but guarantees nothing. I haven't decided on what to call the virus, but I think it would be best to call it "the infection" while I'm still writing. Anyways, I've got a bunch of ideas for the book, and I'll probably end up with either a brick book or a two- to three-book series by the end. In the time before publication (and after I get some more of the book's layout done), I'll post here with any significant updates, problems, and so on, to keep me motivated towards writing more of the book and thus having more to post here. Hooray for attention-seeking! Anyways, I hope you'll put up with me while I write this. I'll be posting soon. Look out for me.
Antlion.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Greetings!
This is, as the current title suggests, a dumping spot for my ideas. I have a lot of them. However, I won't post here very often. When I get a few good (or simply interesting) ideas, I'll post them, which makes this an inherently erratic blog. You have been warned.
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