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Zombies can bring your fiction to life

Always hungry for success, storytellers have latched onto the popularity of zombies. A top practitioner tells you why, and shares tips for putting these ‘mindless monsters’ to work in your writing.

By Jonathan Maberry
Published: July 22, 2011
Zombies are hot. Well, technically they’re room temperature, but in terms of what they can do for your writing career, they’re red-hot.

Zombie novels are putting authors on the bestseller lists. Zombie fiction is helping authors—pros and first-timers alike—break through into mainstream, genre and young-adult markets. Since 2002, living-dead enthusiasm has spread like a pandemic, and there is no end in sight.

You don’t even have to like zombies to get a career boost from them.
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