Winter of Zombie 2014: Armand Rosamilia

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This, the final stop of the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour, features the ring leader of this chilly carnival, Mr. Armand Rosamilia. Armand is no stranger to either this blog nor it's mother podcast counterpart, Books, Beer and Bullshit Podcast where he holds the honorarium of "Mayor".

So, as part of the multi-billion dollar marketing contract he signed with us, we are obligated to feature him here on the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour. It's a dirty horse, but someone has to ride it. Oh, and we are always tickled pink to promote Mayor Rosamilia whenever possible becuase he is, in point of fact, a damn fine writer.

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?

Armand Rosamilia:  Why, yes… yes, I do. I met this guy and his wife with overlarge boobs in Orlando one Saturday and we went to the Ale House for six hours and… oh, not that tale? How about the one where I self-promote spammy-like and tell you about the latest release, Dying Days: Origins 2? It is a prequel tale about David Monsour, a character from Dying Days 2. Now, about her boobs…

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?

Armand Rosamilia:  I have had a couple of stories set in the snow… Undead of Winter, Dying Days: Origins and a couple of others… they don’t really get hindered too much other than to fall down a lot and slide on the ice. A zombiesicle would be tasty, though.



The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?

Armand Rosamilia:  I’m sure as I write more and more and more and more Dying Days stories you’ll see winter rear its ugly head… sonofabitchbastardwinter…


The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?


Armand Rosamilia:  Not anymore, sucker! I moved out of New jersey to get away from the snow, the New Yawka’s and Donald Trump’s hair. But I miss the food.


The Blogshit:  In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?

Armand Rosamilia:  The grossest ice cream flavor of all tastes like zombie tears… vanilla.

That's it folks! Another great blog tour. Another fun set of interview with many interesting indie authors. And of course, gross food recipes. We hope you all enjoyed this round and we look forward to presenting another great batch of zombie fiction writers on the Summer of Zombie Blog Tour 2015. Until then, check out all things Armand Rosamilia, the organizer of the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour.

Armand Rosamilia HQ

Armand Rosamilia on Amazon.com

Dying Days Origins 2 -only 99 cents!

Armand Rosamilia on Goodreads

Winter of Zombie 2014: John O'Brien

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This, the second to last interview on the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour 2014, features a seminal guest on the seasonal tours, writer John O'Brien. John has been to The Blogshit more times than we can shake a stick at... and we can shake a stick at a lot of blog appearances.

The best part? He somehow always has something new to say and always has new material to talk about. He is one of those machines of a writer. Even in the dead of winter, he keeps chugging along. Just watch:

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?
John O'Brien:  I released the 10th book in the series last in late August, A New World: Storm. I’ll be working on another set of short stories which will hopefully be ready by mid-December.

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?
John O'Brien:  The timeline of the series takes the story from the beginning of summer to late Fall. However, there is a part of the story that encompasses northern Canada and the night runners aren’t able to sustain themselves with the short nights and freezing temperatures.
The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?
John O'Brien:  The night runners are affected by the cold temperatures in the northern climates. Most of the story takes place during the warmer months and in the US, so the climate doesn’t figure into it
much.
The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?

John O'Brien:  In the western part of the northwest, the climate is pretty mild for most of the year. There are freezing temperatures at night and for about two weeks during the year, we have snowfall.
Some freezing at night, but that’s about it. book in the series last in late August, A New World: Storm. I’ll be working on

The Blogshit:   In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?


John O'Brien:  Well, the ice cream itself has to be especially made. You first have to capture a lactating night runner and add...wait, that’s just not right. I could come up with an ice cream sandwich joke, but I’ll spare you that one as well. And ice cream isn’t a joke. Very serious business.

John O'Brien
Author of the series, A New World

Author page: http://www.amazon.com/John-OBrien/e/B005IDEPP0/

Web site: http://anewworldseries.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/A_NewWorld

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorJohnWOBrien

Merchandise store: http://zazzle.com/anewworldsupplies

http://www.cafepress.com/anewworldseries

Winter of Zombie 2014: Mark Tufo

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We are unloading the big guns on the Blogshit for this stop on the Winter of Zombie 2014 Blog Tour. Mark Tufo, author of the breakout Zombie Fallout series, joins us on The Blogshit fresh off his triumphant appearance on Book s, Beer and Bullshit Podcast (Episode 31 featuring Mark Tufo). 

It's a little known fact that Mark "Marky Mark" Tufo was the original Marky Mark. He came up with the signature tighty whitey look and the baseball cap and he even wrote that "Good Vibrations" song. He was poised to become a superstar until he stumbled on this poor fellow Bostonian kid, Mark Wahlberg was was crying in the gutter. He told Marky Mark Tufo that he was depressed because his brother had become a famous performer in a boy band. Marky Mark Tufo felt awful for the kid so he handed over his white underpants, slapped the baseball cap on his head and gave him the lyrics to a song called "Good Vibrations". He told the kid to work out a lot and got hot six packs or as he called them "The Tufo Washboard"

Marky Mark Tufo did this because he knew in his heart that no matter what he did he would rise to the top. So he gave up his career as a world wide pop phenomenon so he didn't have to watch a little boy cry. He started his career as a writer soon after and well.... the rest is history.

Or maybe we were too drunk and got that story all wrong. Either way it's time to talk to Marky Mark Tufo once again!

The Blogshit:   Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?

Mark Tufo:  Thank you for the invite, hey I heard there was going to be sandwiches. Well for this Winter I have Zombie Fallout 8, which technically came out this fall. Lycan Fallout 2 will be out the Winter and I’m currently working on Indian Hill 5 and most likely Tim 3 after that, if I can get over my coulrophobia!

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?
Mark Tufo:  My zombies are generally pretty hardy because technically they have not died and been reanimated so much as they have been taken over by a virus and now crave human flesh. Elements don’t seem to bother them nearly as much as the people they hunt.

The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?
Mark Tufo:  I already answered this question. Is this one of those government tests where they ask you the same question repeatedly looking for discrepancies? I've heard about these things, great...now I have to sweep my office for listening devices.

The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?
Mark Tufo:  Luckily I live in Maine so we’re relatively unaffected by Winter. :)

The Blogshit:  In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?
Mark Tufo:  I think when we talk about a zombie inspired frozen treat we need to start with a gelato base, just because that sounds so much squishier. So I guess I’ll go with Blood Fruit Gelato with raisins. Fuck that sounds horrible. Thanks again for having me.

Mark Tufo Central Command

Zombie Fallout 8 on Amazon.com

Mark Tufo on Goodreads

Winter of Zombie 2014: Shawn Chesser

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This round of the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour features a man who makes his own rules, Shawn Chesser. Mr. Chesser was gracious enough to join us from nearly the Great White North, Portland, Oregon! This is a guy who knows a thing or two about winter.

And in the true spirit of Portland and all the great writers who break the rules way out there, Mr. Chesser declined to answer the first question in the interview and got right to the meat of the matter. It's cool Shawn, we won't hold it against you for too long.

Have yourselves a lick of a cold cold Shawn Chesser Popsicle straight out of our ice cream truck, Books, Beer and Blogshit!

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?
Shawn Chesser:  No, [The Guys From Books, Beer and BLOGshit], they haven't. So far I've written eight books in my 'Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse' series and the leaves are just beginning to turn in 'Ghosts' my latest installment.

The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?
Shawn Chesser:  Yes, winter will eventually be upon my survivors and the walking corpses that stalk them. And as a matter of fact,[The Guys From Books, Beer and BLOGshit], I'm really dreading having to decide how my George Romero style of zombies are going to fare in the part of the country-northwest Utah-that my protagonist, Cade Grayson, currently calls home. So the decision looms: Do I read a half dozen medical books and try to dazzle with brilliance? Or do I wing it and baffle with bullshit? Seeing as how, in my opinion, a whole shitload of belief has to be suspended to fully invest in the idea of the Zompoc, so, put on your hip waders, I'm really starting to lean towards the latter. Moreover, the less crackin of the books I have to do, the better.


The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?
Shawn Chesser:  I live in Portland, Oregon, where precipitation dogs us from Labor Day to damn near Independence Day. However, much to my chagrin, very little of it is of the frozen variety.




The Blogshit:  In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?
Shawn Chesser:  To signify moldering flesh I'd start out with a flavor of ice cream that's green, perhaps pistachio or mint. Embedded Gummy Worms are a must. And to play the part of maggots ... Rice Crispies? Nah, too crunchy to pass off as fly larva. So I'd boil up some orzo pasta to just south of al dente, chill it and mix it in.

And voilà, you've got a flavor resembling weeks-old carrion worthy of a slot In the cooler at your local Baskin - Robbins.

Thanks for letting me ramble on yer blog,[The Guys From Books, Beer and BLOGshit]!! I hope to be back for the summer tour.

You are welcome Shawn Chesser. We'd be happy to have you not answer our questions once again come summer. (We keeed, we keeeed!) Find out more about Shawn Chesser's brand of the undead at the links below.

Shawn Chesser Home Page

Warpath at Amazon.com

Shawn Chesser on Goodreads

Winter of Zombie 2014: Jaime Johnesee

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Jaime Johnesee is no stranger to the Bogshit. She's a veteran interviewee here and we are frozen in terror to have her back once more for the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour 2014. We fed her our shiver inducing questions and she answered with a chill on Ms. Johnesee is capable of producing.

Bundle up Blogshitters! It's time to talk once again with zombie author, Jaime Johnesee!

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?
Jaime Johnesee:  First off, thanks for having me. I love what you've done with the place. That skull lamp is so... uh, realistic and charming. As far as if I have new tales to tell, I absolutely do. In November my Bob the Zombie series collection will be available and I am hoping to have my novelization of my story Shifters complete.

The Blogshit: Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?
Jaime Johnesee:  Actually, so far they haven't had to deal with anything cold. My books are set in Birmingham, Alabama. I imagine they'd react to a cold harsh winter the way I would, with a lot of warm clothing and some delicious hot cocoa. Well, those that can drink cocoa without spewing.


The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?
Jaime Johnesee:  Winter really makes no difference in my world. My zombies are regular joes brought back from the dead with magic.


The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?

Jaime Johnesee:  I do, unfortunately. I live in Michigan, *points to a spot on her right palm* right about here.

The Blogshit:   In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?

Jaime Johnesee:  If I had the chance to make up a special ice cream I'd probably call it gravedigger. It would be a chocolate base with crushed Oreos (for grave dirt), walnuts (because they look like brains), a swirl of caramel (for putrefaction) and some marshmallow fluff (just because).

Jaimie Johnesee's zombie character Bob the Zombie is deffinitly something different. We urge you to look into Bob and his amazing adventures for a zombie of a different ilk.

www.JaimeJohnesee.com

The Misadventures of Bob the Zombie

Winter of Zombie: Eric Shelman

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This, the third stop of the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour 2014, we have zombie heartthrob writer, Eric A. Shelman. His name often makes us wonder if Eric A. is really Erica, a female zombie writer writing under a nom de plume in a male dominated sub-genre. But we digress, we're sure Eric is all man one way or another.

Eric is also one of the most frustrated interviews we've ever conducted. Usually writers handle our antics with grace and poise. Eric Shelman calls out our whack questions without a trace of guilt. Bravo Mr. Shelman, you're right. We're nutz!

Please welcome Mr. Eric A. Shelman on his inaugural appearance on Books, Beer and Blogshit!

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?Eric Shelman:  I’ll be writing and releasing Dead Hunger VIII: Peace, Love & Zombies in the Winter of 2014. If I begin writing it in October, it should be done by February at the latest, so that still qualifies – ON MY FREAKING CALENDAR! I saw it’s actually the Winter of 2014 / 2015, so don’t get all calendary on me. Yeah, that’s a words. Cal-En-Dar-Y. How do I know? I just added it to my MS Word speller, that’s how. I suggest you do the same before it catches on like wildfire like “efforting” did among the morons. Another option is for me to write the first of a new series I’ll be writing that is going to be so unique that when you read the very first line, your head is likely to topple off of your shoulders. Be afraid. And happy. Be “Afrappy”. Add that, too. Next?

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?Eric Shelman:  What the hell? Are you testing me as an author? I’ve done my damnest to avoid weather situations, but yes, I believe that in Dead Hunger IV: Evolution, the zombies have to deal with Winter in Concord, New Hampshire. Do I have anything else to say on that? Not really. They seemed to do alright. Fuckers could be powderized inside by now (add that to your dictionary, too) because I’m not sure what keeps them moist. (Good word!) So anyway, my zombies move on an individual cellular level. Each cell in their bodies wants meat and protein, and mobilize the limbs to achieve that. Only a little, charcoal-sized lump of brain is necessary to incentivize them to come after your ass.

The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?Eric Shelman:  Jeez, didn’t I just answer that extensively above? I imagine that even during a zpocalypse, the global warming, climate change, four seasons, Frankie Valli, Mother Nature, God, or some other bastard is going to throw some cold weather at us. Guess I’ll just have to pay attention a bit more when that happens. I’d kinda like to believe they just might slow down a bit more.

The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?

Eric Shelman:  Dude. (Who are you, anyway? Who IS asking these question??) Anyway, I live in south Florida, so no. Maybe two days per year, but that’s it. Maybe I should avoid the entire problem by just setting all of my books in Key West! That way I can research, research, research! Get on a fishing boat and do it from the water while fighting a Dorado.

The Blogshit:   In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?Eric Shelman:  Salty Nut with Skin Flake Sprinkles. I wouldn’t eat that crap, but in a world where zombies rule the streets, we might just have to get used to it. Ice cream is ice cream!

Be sure to check out the world of Eric A. Shelman at the following links:

Eric A. Shelman's Web Site

Eric A. Shelman's Goodreads Profile

Eric A. Shelman's Amazon Author Page

Winter of Zombie 2014: Jay Wilburn

You're reading Books, Beer and Blogshit! It's the only blog that won't smack you twice and call you Sally. We are you're blog hosts, Mr. Frank and Mr. Jeff!

You've just walked in to the dead of Winter. The dead of The Winter of Zombie blog tour that is. Our second chilling zombie author interview is with the one and only Jay Wilburn. We are told he is awesome.

Results may vary. Judge for yourself. 

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?
Jay Wilburn:  I have a story featured in Zombies: More Recent Dead with Prime Books. I’m currently working on a novelized prequel to that story. Also my zombie novella collection Zombies Believe in You is out.

The Blogshit:   Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?
Jay Wilburn:  I’ve done some icy zombie stories. I like to use human body heat against the characters. The poor survivors in my story had to some frigid extremes to hide themselves and go one surviving.


The Blogshit:  Does or will, Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?
Jay Wilburn:  It should. I’ve seen a lot of stories that try to make it an advantage for people. I think the better story is finding the way a story setting produces new challenges and problems for the living. Winter has historically been a rough time for humans and survival. That is a biological reality for our species.


The Blogshit:   Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?
Jay Wilburn:  I live the South where our reaction to Winter weather makes us the laughing stock of the world. I think this video I took of a day we had school canceled for oncoming Winter weather will really help you appreciate how difficult our survival really was:

I’m just thankful to still be alive, you know?


The Blogshit:  In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?
Jay Wilburn:  Brainy Splatter Swirl … Lime green, raspberry, and pineapple with chunks … This is basically just rainbow sherbet, I know, but I think it tracks.

There he is. Jay Wilburn is awesome we are told. And we have no reason not to believe. You can go believe for yourselves. Please check out Jay Wilburn in all his glory at:

Jay Wilburn's Home Page

Jay Wilburn on Amazon

Winter of Zombie 2014: Jack Wallen

There is a chill in the air. The Winter of Zombie blog tour is blowing through Books, Beer and Blogshit! 

Zombies and winter often don't mix. Decaying ligaments and freezing temperatures typically slow an animate corpse down. But the authors of the Winter of Zombie blog tour are heating up. Join us here on the Blogshit as we feature the hottest names in zombie fiction in the dead cold of winter.

First up, Jack Wallen. Jack is no stranger to The Blogshit. He's appeared here on the Summer of Zombie blog tour and we are happy to have him back to face a whole new barrage of ridiculous questioning. Slap on you Uggs because here. We. Go!

The Blogshit:  Welcome to the Winter of Zombie Blog Tour stop at Books, Beer and Blogshit. Do you have new tales to tell in the dead of winter 2014?

Jack Wallen:  I do. Always. The winter makes me die inside, so what better time to tell tall tales of gloom and doom. My most recent apocalyptic novel is Cry Zombie Cry. It’s the eighth entry in my I Zombie series.
With the Guignol Gang fully armed and prepared to defend the castle, Bethany and company are off to see the Wizard of Odd. The long-awaited entry to the I Zombie series has arrived. And it’s ready to rock.
Bethany Nitshimi is back and ready to crush the Zero Day Collective with a wall of sound. Together with the metal band Unsun, Bethany will have the undead horde banging their heads until brain runs thick in the streets.
If it’s too loud, you’re too old…or dead.

The Blogshit:  Have your zombies had to face a freezing cold winter yet? If so, how do your particular breed of zombies react to cold, harsh winters?

Jack Wallen:  Not yet. But the next novel, Fry Zombie Fry, will. I plan on forcing Bethany Nitshimi and company into the thick of a cold and nasty winter – apocalypse style!
I have, typically, evolved the zombies in my story. In the upcoming iteration, there could be a minor evolution that would allow them to tolerate a heavy blanket of winter. There is also another possibility I am considering … one born from an icy grave.

The Blogshit:  Does/will Winter figure into your zombie world or do you figure what you will tackle will be unaffected biologically or geographically?

Jack Wallen:  I try, as hard as possible, to write everything with a nod to reality. With that said, the elements will play a part. So when the icy fingers of winter touch the living and the dead, you can be damn sure they will each be affected.

The Blogshit:  Do you yourself live in a part of the world that is affected by the cold of winter?

Jack Wallen:  Yes. Though it’s not nearly as bad as others, Louisville, Kentucky can have some nasty winters. Last year it was very long and very cold (thank you Polar Vortex). And if it’s not lung burning cold, it’s weak infrastructure that leads to week-long power outtages.

The Blogshit:  In the summertime we talk about zombie sandwiches. We think in the winter it’s time to talk about zombie ice cream. What crazy zombie inspired ice cream flavor can you come up with?

Jack Wallen:  Undead Neapolitan. The brown tastes like rotten flesh, the yellow tastes like sweaty, soiled tee shirt and the red tastes like fetid blood.

Nicely done Jack! 

Be sure to check out Jack Wallen. He has numberous titles to choose from. If zombies are your thing, there is sure to be one that will send a chill through your bones!

Jack Wallen on Goodreads

Jack Wallen's Kindle Store