Today I have the pleasure of introducing you to (or re-introducing you to) Carl Plumer. Here is somewhere to turn for all things zombie.
Your blog has a definite theme. How did you come by it?
My theme was designed for me by a friend, Heather 'Violet' Jones, who owns and operates the web design company,
Viva la Violette. She did a fantastic job, I'm very pleased. It's allowed me to have full-width pages for my stories and novel excerpts, while still keeping the blog right on the first page. I added a whole bunch of plugins to get it to work just right. I think the site has a friendly (yet terrifying) feel. Heather created that CP badge, too, which is on my header graphic and here and there on the site.
A very fine design. Looks like your own stamp of approval. Where do you turn for new topics?
I like to write about writing and try to keep things interesting. I want to eventually evolve the site to have more of a focus on writers, especially young writers. I want to encourage and guide them, but I don't feel I can do that yet, as I'm not a "successful" published author. Once I am, then I think I can be all "you can do it! Believe in yourself!"
I'll also write in response to things I've read elsewhere on the web. Recently, I've been getting somewhat obsessed with zombies, so that's getting kind of an out-of-balance representation. But the topic is so much fun! I'm an indie writer, for sure, but I tried the standard/commercial route initially. So many agents rejected my book saying that the market had dried up for the zombie "craze." Where were they doing their research I'd like to know! So I get a kick out of finding so much about zombies on the web every day: new novels, television shows, comic books, movies, games, weapons and zombie apocalypse survival gear (really, they're out there), calenders, parades, the "humans vs zombies" tag-like game being played on college campuses -- there's even a zombie pub crawl! Just this week I found out that the team that did "Rugrats" is coming out with a new cartoon -- about a zombie skateboard dude! So, is the zombie craze over? Not that I can tell!
Indeed! I admit, I was blinded by the zombies on your website. I hope you don't get the zombie out of your system too soon. It's a blast! Where do you find the toys and games you post?
