I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing with everything I've written is answering questions that I had.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wrote for magazines. I wrote adventure stuff, I wrote for the 'National Enquirer,' I wrote advertising copy for cemeteries.
I'm one of the writers that would die if I didn't say what I needed to say. For me, it's a matter of survival to write.
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.
I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.
I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books - just in case I up and die.
I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?
I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.
I write about living, not dying.
I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.
I started writing to save my life.