Character Interview: C.A. Verstraete & Becca from ‘GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie’
Hey, look it that! Another fabulous author from Darlings of Decay! And she’s brought a guest, Becca, from GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie. Welcome to you both!
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Mia: What is the name of the book where we’ll find you? Can you tell us a little about it?
Becca: Hi, I’m Rebecca Herrera Hayes, but call me Becca. All my friends do. The book is really about my life.
In GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie by C.A. Verstraete, Becca’s life changes forever the day her cousin comes home. She’s infected with the Z (zombie) virus via an accidental scratch.
Now as a part Z, Becca has to cope with weird bodily changes and habits no girl wants to be noticed for. She tries to protect her family from the full Zs while she and her other cousin Carm search for their missing mothers. Most of all, Becca hopes to find something, anything, to stop her deadly transformation…. before it is forever too late.
Mia: Tell us a little about yourself. Where do you fit into the story? What should we know about you?
Becca: I’m 16, and live in what I’d thought was a little “nowheresville” town in Wisconsin—until the zombies came. Made me glad I lived in a small town instead of a big city like Chicago or Milwaukee. Then my cousin Spence brought home a little surprise. I got scratched and became infected with the Z virus. Thought I’d be finishing school and maybe even do something different like run for prom queen. No way now. My life really takes a turn I never expected.
Mia: What do you think of the author? Be honest. We won’t tell.
Becca: She’s okay. Kind of has some weird ideas, ya know?
Mia: How do you feel about the story you’re in?
Becca: If I’d written the story, I wouldn’t turn the main character into a part-Z (zombie). I mean, the author has me tripping all over my feet. She says I walk sometimes like-like… a female Wolfman? Ugh, and my eye. Sheesh. Ya know, I’d always wanted to be different. Now I was. But there is one good thing in this story—Gabe. Sigh. He’s a part Z, too, but he looks so-so normal yet. He says I don’t have anything to worry about and he likes how I look. I didn’t think I’d like him, but I do, even if he tells these bad jokes. But I still wonder how he can be interested in someone like me?
Mia: Do you like being a character in the book?
Becca: It was awesome chasing the Zs and showing my scaredy-cat cousin Carm how to shoot them like you were playing paintball. Okay, maybe I shouldn’t be that happy and I’m usually not, but it’s them or us. No way am I going to let any of them hurt any of my friends or mi familia.
Mia: How do you see your future? Without giving anything away about the story, naturally.
Becca: Things do get scary. Fighting Zs is not always that easy. Some freaky stuff happens, but I have hope, too. You got to have hope. Like my cuz always says, Stay Positive. I try to do that. I do.
Mia: What do you know about your author’s plans? Can we expect to see you in any future stories?
Becca: She won’t tell me much, but I hear rumors that me and Gabe, the hunky part Z whom I meet in the book and get to know better, do have a future together. I’m really happy about that. He’s been there with me through the good and the bad stuff. But she hinted at some problems. Like I haven’t had enough already? I hope she gives me a break.
Mia: Let’s say they make a movie about this book. Who do you want to play you, and why?
Becca: Ooh, I’d pick JLO, but she’s too busy maybe. I think Selena Gomez is really cute. I wouldn’t mind her filling my shoes at all. As long as she keeps her hands off Gabe. I’m not sharing. He’s mine. 
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Author Bio: Christine Verstraete is an award-winning journalist and author whose stories have appeared in several anthologies including Timeshares and Steampunk’d from DAW Books, Darlings of Decay and The Corner Café: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories. Her new book, GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie, releases Aug. 1.
Author Site: http://www.cverstraete.com/
Author Blog: http://girlzombieauthors.blogspot.com
Buy Link: Amazon US
Buy Link: Amazon UK
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