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#31ZombieAuthors – Day 19 Interview – Eric A. Shelman – It’s Never Too Late

Happy Hump Day, 3.5 Readers.

BQB here with another reblog of #31ZombieAuthors, the adventure in which 31 authors of zombified fiction came to my rescue this past October.

Day 19 featured Eric Shelman, who put his writing career on hold for many years before finally dusting them off and giving it a go in the world of self publishing. He’s been a success ever since and it just goes to show you that its never too late to follow your dreams.

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Today’s guest is Eric A. Shelman, author of the Dead Hunger series.  Readers can follow the journey of Flex, his niece Trina, Gem, Hemp and Charlie as they make their way through a zombie infested world.

Eric’s first book was a non-fiction work.  Co-authored with Dr. Stephen Lazoritz, Out of the Darkness: The Story of Mary Ellen Wilson tells the story of the first successful rescue of an abused child in America.  Specifically, nine-year old Mary Ellen was saved from a terrible situation in 1874 by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or ASPCA.  The case shined a much needed light on the dangers children face and was the precursor to many of the child abuse prevention laws in place today.

Thanks for helping me out today,

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Dec 16 2015
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Prediction

Game of Thrones has introduced us to the possibility that despite our hatred of one side or the other, it is possible to come to a realization of how that side came to be.

Case in point. Jaime Lannister.  He’s smarmy. Arrogant. But he did kill the original king. It earned him mockery in the form of the “Kingslayer” nickname, though no one cared enough to not participate in the subsequent takeover of the kingdom. He saved the day, but the people he saved it for hate him.  Its tough not to be jaded.

So my hunch is things will become less clear than light vs. dark sides of the Force. Each side will have their own reasoning for fighting.  Naturally, we get behind Han and Chewie et. al, but we’ll get why the bad guys do what they do, how they were driven to it.

And while I’d be very surprised if JJ Abrams breaks our hearts and turns Luke Skywalker into a villain, a climate in which audiences seek out motivations as to why villains do what they do does make a Skywalker villain more possible than ever.

I hope it doesn’t happen. I’d be very surprised.

Also, it is entirely possible this film will be just three hours of Jar Jar Binks reading a dictionary.

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