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I'm so pleased to have my friend, Rebecca Besser stop by for a visit today. This lovely woman writes the scariest horror, sci-fi and zombie books you'd want to read. The french maid on my banner took the day off - she's chicken like me. Please welcome my friend and enjoy her wonderful talent.  I'll leave ALL the lights on.

    Hi, I'm Rebecca Besser, author of the zombie novella, Undead Drive-Thru. I write fiction, nonfiction and poetry for a wide range of age groups and genres. I've been published over 140 times in various publication. To learn more about me feel free to visit my website: http://www.rebeccabesser.com or my blog: http://blog.rebeccabesser.com.  You can also find me on Facebook under: Rebecca Besser or Author/Editor Rebecca Besser. I'm also on Twitter under: @BeccaBesser.

Now to answer the dreaded interview questions!

1.               Do your characters speak to you?
Yes. I also have the ability to 'become' my characters while I'm writing them. I literally embody them and start thinking like they would, etc. It get pretty interesting sometimes. I'll often be at my keyboard crying or laughing hysterically because I'm journeying with the characters. I sincerely believe that if they're real to me, they'll be real to the reader.

2.               What inspires your stories most often?
Random thoughts. I have an overactive brain and imagination. Heck, the other night I got an idea for a story just looking at my foot that had peeked out from under the blanket I was snuggling under. LOL

3.               Describe your writing year so far and what's on the horizon.
This past year my zombie novella, “Undead Drive-Thru,” was released. I've also had a few stories published in various anthologies, and I've edited a novel and an anthology. I'm currently preparing a short story collection I hope to have published in 2012. My online serial, “Nurse Blood,” will be published in book form once it's run it's course, with “extras” included. There are collaboration projects and other things going on behind the scenes too. I'm always busy!

The anthology, “Earth's End,” which is a Scifi Apocalyptic anthology, is the one I edited this past year and it'll be release from Wicked East Press in January of 2012!

My story, “The Olden Gears,” is included in Earth's End. Here's an excerpt from my story:
          "He drove faster, but everywhere he looked there was more destruction.

          With numb fingers, he reached over and turned on the radio to see if there was any news about what was going on; it took him a couple of minutes before he could find a radio station that was still on the air.

          “...Overnight the world has been bombarded with attacks by the elderly. On every continent, in almost every country, they’ve taken lives at will, showing no mercy...”

          Looking out around him, he tried to decide how he was going to make it home. Almost every street was blocked off by accidents, and everywhere he looked, someone was being slaughtered; his attention focused back on the radio as they continued.

          “...Medical experts are saying the cause of the outbreak and behavior in their elderly patients is linked to the chemical compound used in the ‘lubrication’ of the ReGen ‘parts’ surgically implanted; the chemical was supposed to act as synthetic blood. Once it leaks into the real blood system, it targets certain parts of the brain and triggers uncontrollable, aggressive behavior...”" ~ The Olden Gears by Rebecca Besser - Earth's End

4.               Tell us something unexpected about yourself.
Despite my eccentric personality, I'm very serious at heart.

5.               When I die, I want people to say this about me . . .
That I was real, honest, and loved with all my being.

6.               Chick flicks or action/adventure?
Acton/Adventure all the way! I do like chick flicks one in awhile, but I love Action, Fantasy, Scifi, and Comedies!

7.               The thing that makes me want to go postal.
Stupid and/or rude people. I want to beat them senseless!

CONTEST: Would you like to win a free copy of Earth's End???

On March 1^st I'll be having a drawing to give away a copy of Earth's End signed by me. Everyone who comments on my Earth's End post at one of the stops on my tour will be enter into the drawing (one entry per person, per blog), so you have a chance to win at every stop along the way. The very last post of the tour will be on my blog and will announce the winner (on March 1st). So, stop by as many blogs as you possibly can to increase your chances to win a copy of the book!

I will announce each posting/blog stop on Facebook and Twitter. So, if you aren't my friend or following me...you better start if you want to win.

                                              

Thanks for sharing your work and your wonderful humor with us, Rebecca. I recommend that you take her advice about the contest - she has tons of those zombie types just waiting to chomp on your ass if you don't. I'm just sayin....

Margie

P.S. Voting continues through 1/23 for Books of the Year and Author of the Year honors. Hard as Teak, my gay coming out story is nominated for GLBT Book of the Year and yours truly is nominated as GLBT Author of the Year. My book was on the Amazon top 100 bestselling gay/lesbian books for over 100 days. It still appears on the top 100 erotica novels. I'd love to win in both categories.  Voting can be done here. One vote only. There's nothing to join. Thank you so much for your support.