The Master of Horror has been writing his Zom-B series for eight long, hard years. Now, as the 12th and final book is published, he tells us how it feels to finish it, and why he feels lucky to have made it to the end still alive!
The end is nigh… and it’s been a long time coming. I started writing the first Zom-B book back in April 2008. Now, eight years later, here I am with the final book, Zom-B Goddess, due to see print. Eight years of my life… twelve books plus a short additional e-book (Zom-B Circus)… somewhere in excess of four hundred thousand words… How do I feel after such a monumental undertaking?
Well, firstly I must say, as I have at the end of any of my long series, I’m relieved to have made it to the end still alive! That’s always the first thought on my mind when I begin a series like Zom-B. I know in advance that it’s going to require a huge chunk of my life, and there’s no guarantee that I’ll be around to finish what I started. Many authors have died mid-book (Charles Dickens is among the most famous), and if you’re working on a series that will take several years to write, the chances of you biting the bullet shy of the final full stop increase sharply.
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