Welcome to Karina Fabian, author of the zombie exterminator series. I am happy to help promote, I Left My Brains in San Francisco, on her virtual book tour this month.
1. Can you tell
us a little about yourself?
I’m
an author who prefers to talk about her books and writing than about herself.
2. Your zombie
exterminator series sounds exciting. Please describe what "I Left My
Brains in San Francisco" is all about.
It’s
the 2040s, where the government subsidized everything including protests, the
cars run on manure, and zombies are the latest household pest. Neeta Lyffe is
an exterminator with a license to re-kill the undead. She’s taken out dozens of the shambling
undead and even hosted Zombie Death Extreme, where she trained up apprentice
exterminators on a reality TV show that makes Survivor look like dodge
ball. This week, however, she and her
business partner/boyfriend, Ted are on the way to San Francisco to an
exterminators’ convention. She’s hoping
to relax, meet up with old friends, and pursue her relationship with Ted. When the undead rise up from watery graves to
invade the Bay Area, she’ll have to drop the fun and pick up the chain saw!
3. What was the
hardest part of writing your book?
The
romance. Neeta, while being a kick-butt
exterminator and normally a very confident woman, nonetheless was insecure
about her relationship with Ted.
However, when I wrote it the first time, I made her too insecure and
kind of whiny. Fortunately, I have
terrific critiquers, several of whom are guys and let me know it was too
chick-lit. It took a couple of rewrites,
but she’s back to being kick-butt while still not sure where she and Ted stand.
4. What books
have had the greatest influence on you?
The
Bible, first and foremost. Do It: Let’s Get Off Our Buts still motivates me,
though I’ve not read it since college.
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy still provides a quirky wisdom and
random snickers. A Wrinkle in Time got me started writing fantasy.
5. Briefly
share with us what you do to market your book.
This
book tour, obviously. I have over 30 stops; you can find the full schedule at http://fabianspace.blogspot.com.
I am giving away 3 copies via Goodreads.
I send out press releases, and am doing a signing Oct 27 at the Provo
Zombie Run.
I also
have a singing contest going for my book trailer, which I hope will get folks
interested. Check that out at http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/p/are-you-next-zombie-idol.html.
6. How do you
spend your time when you are not writing?
Cooking,
cleaning, loving my dogs and cat, playing with the kids, watching movies on
Netflix, reading, and chatting with my husband on Skype. I also take haidong gumbdo, which is Korean
sword martial arts, but I don’t practice nearly enough.
7. What are you
working on next and what's in store for Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator, in
the future?
Actually, I can
answer both at once. My next story is
“Shambling in a Winter Wonderland,” in which Neeta and Ted will take on zombies
on the ski slopes! It’s a fundraiser
story for Operation Homefront, so what I do is post an episode and ask for
donations. Once I earn $10 in donations,
I post the next episode. All the money
goes to Operation Homefront, which provides financial and other assistance to
families of military members and wounded warriors. It’ll start in November at http://skizombies.karinafabian.com
8. Where can
people go to find out more information about you or to check out your books?
The
easiest way is http://fabianspace.com. I have my books
listed by genre, or you can look at my master list under the About. I also have some useful stuff for authors,
like were to ask for reviews and how to do a virtual book tour like this.
9. If you
had to suddenly evacuate your home/country, what one book would you make sure
to grab before you leave?
Scrapbook—just
about anything else, I can get on Amazon once I settle back in. Which scrapbook would be the hard question.
10. Would you
like to add anything that I may have missed?
Just thanks for having me on your blog!
Thanks for hosting me today!
ReplyDeleteSome great information here, Karina. The book sounds real interesting. Lots of luck!
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