May 2012 Blog Chain

orion_mk3 · 04-27-2012, 08:36 PM

Starting Date: Monday, May 7, 2012
Open to all forum members, even after it starts!

This month's prompt:
Zompocalypse Now!

Give us your take on the zombie apocalypse, be it a zompocalypse story, a zom-com, or a reflection on the genre and the films that inspired it. Write wherever the prompt inspires you, fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry. Do try and keep things at a PG-13 level, though.

Instructions:
Simply post your blog's URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants' posts if you possibly can--they'll be doing the same for you!

I'll let you know in this thread when it's your turn. Once your turn comes up, you have two days to complete your post. When you are finished, please add a link to your post on the thread. If you signed up but find yourself unable to participate or need to be moved around in the schedule, please PM me or post in the thread. If you fail to post on your blog and on the thread within two days, I'll bump you down to the end of the line on the third day; you'll get a second chance at the end of the month.

Please include a list of all participants' blogs (not necessarily their actual posts for the month) in your blog post, and keep in mind we're not starting until later in the month to give people time to sign up.

Participants and posts:
dclary - www.hardhobbittobreak.com (link to this month's image)
orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post)
randi.lee - http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Ralph Pines - http://ralfast/wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
dclary (again) - http://www.davidwclary.com/ (link to this month's post)
SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
PragmaticPimp - http://www.unfoldingmyth.com/ (link to this month's post)
magicmint - http://www.loneswing.com/ (link to this month's post)
SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
J.W.Alden - http://www.authoralden.com/ (link to this month's post)
AFord - http://writeword.blog.com/ (link to this month's post)
Diana_Rajchel - http://blog.dianarajchel.com/ (link to this month's post)
pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
areteus - http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post)
pangalactic - http://sonofflash365.blogspot.co.uk/ (link to this month's post)
Sweetwheat - http://gomezkarla.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
Penelope - http://poet-slash-writer.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post)
kimberlycreates - http://kimberlycreates.com/ (link to this month's post)
Nissie - http://www.paperheroes.net/ (link to this month's post)
MonkeyQueen - http://www.mylifewithmonkeys.com/ (link to this month's post)

Archive of Past Blog Chains

randi.lee · 04-27-2012, 09:28 PM

IN!

Woops-- here's my link: http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com

Ralph Pines · 04-27-2012, 09:40 PM

Sure, why not?

http://ralfast/wordpress.com

kimberlycreates · 04-27-2012, 10:22 PM

It's been a while since I've done a blog chain. This sounds fun -- I'm in! kimberlycreates.com

writingismypassion · 04-27-2012, 10:23 PM

*Raising a trembling hand, hoping fingers aren't bitten off*

Sign me up. Should be a good challenge for me.

http://charityfaye.blogspot.com

dclary · 04-28-2012, 05:07 AM

I'd like to you sign me up twice.

www.davidwclary.com

and I'll do a webcomic for it at

www.hardhobbittobreak.com

I should have done the dead rabbits at Hard Hobbit, too. Spamwise loves him his coneys.

Poppy · 04-28-2012, 06:13 AM

Count me in again. http://poet-slash-writer.blogspot.com/

SinisterCola · 04-28-2012, 07:04 AM

Zombies?! Why not?

Blog: http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/

PragmaticPimp · 04-28-2012, 10:06 AM

I've never done this before so why not? www.unfoldingmyth.com

magicmint · 04-28-2012, 10:17 PM

Sign me up please: http://www.loneswing.com

Diana_Rajchel · 04-28-2012, 10:23 PM

I'm in! Http://blog.dianarajchel.com

SuzanneSeese · 04-30-2012, 06:46 PM

I'm in!
View of Sue

AFord · 04-30-2012, 09:23 PM

Please count me in, too @ http://af12.webs.com/apps/blog/ happy writing everyone...

J.W. Alden · 05-01-2012, 09:23 PM

I just posted an entry about the zombie apocalypse as my "Z" entry for the April A to Z Challenge! :-P

But, hey, you can't have enough zombies. So I'll sign up.

www.authoralden.com

Nissie · 05-03-2012, 09:02 AM

Meeee!

http://www.paperheroes.net

dclary · 05-03-2012, 09:21 PM

Orion, can you move my comic spot to #1 on the list? I'm going to actually do that one next on my site (it'll be up tomorrow in point of fact), and since it'll be done before the 7th, we can use it to kick the series off.

orion_mk3 · 05-04-2012, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dclary

Orion, can you move my comic spot to #1 on the list? I'm going to actually do that one next on my site (it'll be up tomorrow in point of fact), and since it'll be done before the 7th, we can use it to kick the series off.

It is done.

dclary · 05-04-2012, 10:49 AM

I'm posting it to the webcomic tomorrow, but here's a special blogroll preview:

MonkeyQueen · 05-04-2012, 05:29 PM

I would love to join....but will you take my post if it is narrative non-fiction about the subject and not an actual zombie story? If so, count me in!
www.mylifewithmonkeys.com

SuzanneSeese · 05-04-2012, 05:48 PM

I have my rough draft done. I always sweat it out until that's done.

Quote:

I would love to join....but will you take my post if it is narrative non-fiction about the subject and not an actual zombie story? If so, count me in!

MonkeyQueen, mine is a fictional post in the form of a journal entry. If that helps you at all. I think it just needs to be a blog post.

areteus · 05-04-2012, 08:25 PM

Add me to this list... ta...

orion_mk3 · 05-05-2012, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyQueen

...but will you take my post if it is narrative non-fiction about the subject and not an actual zombie story?

Quote:

Originally Posted by orion_mk3

Write wherever the prompt inspires you, fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry.

Yeah I think we can make that work

dclary · 05-05-2012, 04:02 AM

Mine is up @ www.hardhobbittobreak.com/?p=161

Orion's turn (technically he has until Monday.

)

dclary · 05-05-2012, 04:03 AM

BTW: Does everyone like what I did there with my "Costly Coffee" brand? If you can't tell, that's Starbuck from the first Battlestar Galactica, and Starbuck from the second Battlestar Galactica?

I'm pretty tickled about that LOL. When the comic takes off, that's gonna be a t-shirt.

magicmint · 05-05-2012, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dclary

BTW: Does everyone like what I did there with my "Costly Coffee" brand? If you can't tell, that's Starbuck from the first Battlestar Galactica, and Starbuck from the second Battlestar Galactica?

I'm pretty tickled about that LOL. When the comic takes off, that's gonna be a t-shirt.

Heh. I noticed, and thought it was funny.

04-27-2012, 09:28 PM	#2
randi.lee More cowbell! Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New England, USA Posts: 925	IN! Woops-- here's my link: http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com __________________ Facebook \| Twitter The Emotional Process of Writing a Novel Last edited by randi.lee; 04-27-2012 at 09:45 PM.

04-27-2012, 10:22 PM	#4
kimberlycreates insert witty title here Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: southern wisconsin Posts: 93	It's been a while since I've done a blog chain. This sounds fun -- I'm in! kimberlycreates.com __________________ kimberlycreates writing \| editing \| coaching visit me at kimberlycreates.com and #writingstreak! let's connect! facebook \| twitter \| linkedin

04-27-2012, 10:23 PM	#5
writingismypassion ~Charity~ Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Podunk, Illinois Posts: 915	Raising a trembling hand, hoping fingers aren't bitten off Sign me up. Should be a good challenge for me. http://charityfaye.blogspot.com __________________ Shards of Glass ~ Revising based on beta feedback. Rekindle ~ Working Title ~ 8,695 words. ON HOLD. THIS IS LIFE (My Blog) The Olive Branch (A Devotional Blog) And I Tweet.

04-28-2012, 05:07 AM	#6
dclary Survivor Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,960	I'd like to you sign me up twice. www.davidwclary.com and I'll do a webcomic for it at www.hardhobbittobreak.com I should have done the dead rabbits at Hard Hobbit, too. Spamwise loves him his coneys. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Hobbit to Break: A hobbit from the Shire, lost in Los Angeles. Big Fat Loser Diet: My weight loss journal. Website a Week: A challenge to design a new website every week. DavidWClary.com: Keep up with all the other DWC sites here

04-28-2012, 06:13 AM	#7
Poppy Me, myself and I don't know Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Backwoods Mississippi Posts: 2,311	Count me in again. http://poet-slash-writer.blogspot.com/ __________________ ~Penelope - aka Poppy~ ~ Facebook ~ Blog ~ Twitter

04-27-2012, 08:36 PM	#1
orion_mk3 Ne Cede Malis Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mississippi Posts: 1,171	May 2012 Blog Chain Starting Date: Monday, May 7, 2012 Open to all forum members, even after it starts! This month's prompt: Zompocalypse Now! Give us your take on the zombie apocalypse, be it a zompocalypse story, a zom-com, or a reflection on the genre and the films that inspired it. Write wherever the prompt inspires you, fiction or non-fiction, prose or poetry. Do try and keep things at a PG-13 level, though. Instructions: Simply post your blog's URL in this thread to join. Each post should be less than 1000 words if possible. Read and comment on other participants' posts if you possibly can--they'll be doing the same for you! I'll let you know in this thread when it's your turn. Once your turn comes up, you have two days to complete your post. When you are finished, please add a link to your post on the thread. If you signed up but find yourself unable to participate or need to be moved around in the schedule, please PM me or post in the thread. If you fail to post on your blog and on the thread within two days, I'll bump you down to the end of the line on the third day; you'll get a second chance at the end of the month. Please include a list of all participants' blogs (not necessarily their actual posts for the month) in your blog post, and keep in mind we're not starting until later in the month to give people time to sign up. Participants and posts: dclary - www.hardhobbittobreak.com (link to this month's image) orion_mk3 - http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com (link to this month's post) randi.lee - http://emotionalnovel.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) Ralph Pines - http://ralfast/wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) writingismypassion - http://charityfaye.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) dclary (again) - http://www.davidwclary.com/ (link to this month's post) SinisterCola - http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) PragmaticPimp - http://www.unfoldingmyth.com/ (link to this month's post) magicmint - http://www.loneswing.com/ (link to this month's post) SuzanneSeese - http://www.viewofsue.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) J.W.Alden - http://www.authoralden.com/ (link to this month's post) AFord - http://writeword.blog.com/ (link to this month's post) Diana_Rajchel - http://blog.dianarajchel.com/ (link to this month's post) pyrosama - http://matrix-hole.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) areteus - http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ (link to this month's post) pangalactic - http://sonofflash365.blogspot.co.uk/ (link to this month's post) Sweetwheat - http://gomezkarla.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) Penelope - http://poet-slash-writer.blogspot.com/ (link to this month's post) kimberlycreates - http://kimberlycreates.com/ (link to this month's post) Nissie - http://www.paperheroes.net/ (link to this month's post) MonkeyQueen - http://www.mylifewithmonkeys.com/ (link to this month's post) Archive of Past Blog Chains Last edited by orion_mk3; 05-25-2012 at 09:02 AM. Reason: Braaaaaaains

04-28-2012, 07:04 AM	#8
SinisterCola The Caffeine Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: A city of evil. Posts: 1,784	Zombies?! Why not? Blog: http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ __________________ Thanks to Kelly for the avatar! The Blog - Served on the rocks. http://acgatesblog.wordpress.com/ NaNoWriMo

04-28-2012, 10:06 AM	#9
PragmaticPimp New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Here and now Posts: 44	I've never done this before so why not? www.unfoldingmyth.com __________________ Website and Blog all in one convenient package! The Unfolding Myth Follow me on; Facebook Google+ Twitter

04-28-2012, 10:17 PM	#10
magicmint practical experience, FTW Join Date: May 2011 Location: Alberta Posts: 454	Sign me up please: http://www.loneswing.com __________________ Blog -- Updated Daily Shark's Teeth -- A free short story

04-28-2012, 10:23 PM	#11
Diana_Rajchel Ask me about social networking Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 490	I'm in! Http://blog.dianarajchel.com __________________ ________________ Coming Soon: Divorcing a Real Witch Moon Books, 2013 The Day Job http://fatchic.net Stuff I do http://blog.dianarajchel.com

04-30-2012, 06:46 PM	#12
SuzanneSeese Comfortably numb by rejections Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kookamongaville Posts: 376	I'm in! View of Sue __________________ Suzanne Seese Writer's Blog: View of Sue Humor Blog: Farvel Cargo "Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - "Sorry." - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?" -Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead "You must never hesitate." - Sean Connery, The Rock

04-30-2012, 09:23 PM	#13
AFord You know U R a book lover when ... Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: in the heart of my soulmate Posts: 157	Please count me in, too @ http://af12.webs.com/apps/blog/ happy writing everyone...

05-01-2012, 09:23 PM	#14
J.W. Alden Fire and Blood Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 643	I just posted an entry about the zombie apocalypse as my "Z" entry for the April A to Z Challenge! :-P But, hey, you can't have enough zombies. So I'll sign up. www.authoralden.com __________________ Blog \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Google+ \| Goodreads Read me: "The Dragon Weeps" in Kazka Press "A Giant Mess of Darkness" in Ray Gun Revival Latest blog entry: Speculative Fiction Tropes: Deflector Shields

05-03-2012, 09:02 AM	#15
Nissie not a beer Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Philippines Posts: 130	Meeee! http://www.paperheroes.net __________________ writing floats my boat. a gravy boat. http://www.rinchupeco.com The Unnatural States of Dead Girls in Wells YA Psych. Horror \| Fall 2014

05-03-2012, 09:21 PM	#16
dclary Survivor Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,960	Orion, can you move my comic spot to #1 on the list? I'm going to actually do that one next on my site (it'll be up tomorrow in point of fact), and since it'll be done before the 7th, we can use it to kick the series off. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Hobbit to Break: A hobbit from the Shire, lost in Los Angeles. Big Fat Loser Diet: My weight loss journal. Website a Week: A challenge to design a new website every week. DavidWClary.com: Keep up with all the other DWC sites here

05-04-2012, 10:49 AM	#18
dclary Survivor Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,960	I'm posting it to the webcomic tomorrow, but here's a special blogroll preview: __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Hobbit to Break: A hobbit from the Shire, lost in Los Angeles. Big Fat Loser Diet: My weight loss journal. Website a Week: A challenge to design a new website every week. DavidWClary.com: Keep up with all the other DWC sites here

05-04-2012, 05:29 PM	#19
MonkeyQueen figuring it all out Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Suburban Neighborhood, America Posts: 50	I would love to join....but will you take my post if it is narrative non-fiction about the subject and not an actual zombie story? If so, count me in! www.mylifewithmonkeys.com

05-04-2012, 08:25 PM	#21
areteus practical experience, FTW Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 2,515	Add me to this list... ta... __________________ Transitions http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transitions-...tt_at_ep_dpt_2 'Gods of the Sea' Part of the Pirates and Swashbucklers anthology: http://pulpempire.com/mag/ My blog: http://lurkingmusings.wordpress.com/ I helped write this: http://www.realmfw.com/

05-05-2012, 04:02 AM	#23
dclary Survivor Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,960	Mine is up @ www.hardhobbittobreak.com/?p=161 Orion's turn (technically he has until Monday. ) __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Hobbit to Break: A hobbit from the Shire, lost in Los Angeles. Big Fat Loser Diet: My weight loss journal. Website a Week: A challenge to design a new website every week. DavidWClary.com: Keep up with all the other DWC sites here

05-05-2012, 04:03 AM	#24
dclary Survivor Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,960	BTW: Does everyone like what I did there with my "Costly Coffee" brand? If you can't tell, that's Starbuck from the first Battlestar Galactica, and Starbuck from the second Battlestar Galactica? I'm pretty tickled about that LOL. When the comic takes off, that's gonna be a t-shirt. __________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Hobbit to Break: A hobbit from the Shire, lost in Los Angeles. Big Fat Loser Diet: My weight loss journal. Website a Week: A challenge to design a new website every week. DavidWClary.com: Keep up with all the other DWC sites here

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