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My Undead Mother-in-law First Draft Complete!

Celebrate My Undead Mother-in-law First Draft With Me!

Woohoo! I finished my My Undead Mother-in-law first draft!

I don’t have a cover yet–but I’m working on it.

My Undead Mother-in-law First Draft
Andy Zach smiles at My Undead Mother-in-law

My Undead Mother-in-law First Draft – What’s in it for You?

To celebrate, I’m giving away a free copy of My Undead Mother-in-law, or Zombie Turkeys audiobook to a selection of new subscribers or to existing subscribers. Click here to subscribe, if you bring new subscribers in. Simply email me and the email of new subscriber you added and you will be in the drawing for March.

First, some early teasers from My Undead Mother-in-law first draft:

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Novel Closing: How? Comic Paranormal Author Wonders

Novel Closing: “How?” He begs.

Novel Closing: How
Andy Zach ponders: Novel Closing: How?

This week I sought to finish my novel My Undead Mother-in-law and failed. I’m writing the last chapter. I’ve planned what needs to be done in my outline. I wrote one scene–and got stuck. Hence this blog: “Novel Closing: How?”

What to do? Get unstuck. Keep writing, even if it just means fleshing out my outline.

Since I’m bearing my soul here, I thought I’d share my time usage this week:

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How Writers Are Like God – Surprising Similarities

Writers Are Like God? Why This Isn’t Blasphemy

Writers are like God? Any Christians, Jews, or Muslims reading this that might be offended; don’t be. We’re finite, God is infinite. We aren’t God; but we’re like Him, especially writers and other creative people.

How Writers Are Like God
Genesis 1:27

These thoughts came to me this morning as I worked out some plot issues in my next book, My Undead Mother-in-law as I lay in bed before getting up. I considered changing roles for my characters and writing additional responsibilities for them. I’m nearly done writing the book, and I scanned the whole plot line in my mind.

Then it occurred to me, “That’s just what God does with all humanity.”

How Writers Are Like God: Timeline Point of View

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