Arely Ayala
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R.S. Merritt:
Just finished reading Zournal #1 and I must say that I truly enjoyed it! Made me laugh and had me on the edge of my seat. I plan on reading the rest of your books but I did have a question because i dont know if i missed it but was it only theory on how the zombies turned or did we know exactly how it happens?
R.S. Merritt
Hi Arely,
So happy you are enjoying it! I love that kind of feedback!
I try to keep everything as real as possible so try to think of only what the people in that situation would know. It annoys me when every Zombie movie/book the people running through the woods happen to run into someone who was the head of the CDC and get the full scoop.
Over the course of the story it becomes pretty evident from different sources who is responsible and I think the way it comes to Steve and crew is pretty natural and makes sense. I don't think anyone in these situations would ever be able to know for sure exactly what happened but from the evidence they come across they're able to form a really strong Hypothesis.
I hope that answers your question! In other words, the theory turns out to be mostly true :-)
So happy you are enjoying it! I love that kind of feedback!
I try to keep everything as real as possible so try to think of only what the people in that situation would know. It annoys me when every Zombie movie/book the people running through the woods happen to run into someone who was the head of the CDC and get the full scoop.
Over the course of the story it becomes pretty evident from different sources who is responsible and I think the way it comes to Steve and crew is pretty natural and makes sense. I don't think anyone in these situations would ever be able to know for sure exactly what happened but from the evidence they come across they're able to form a really strong Hypothesis.
I hope that answers your question! In other words, the theory turns out to be mostly true :-)
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Dorothy Emry
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R.S. Merritt:
Hi, fellow zombie apocalypse writer! I just found out about you after joining the Apocalypse Whenever group. My question is: What came to you first when you started writing your Zournal series. Was it a scene, a character, or something else that set you off and writing?
Lisa Sokol
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R.S. Merritt:
I just read Zournal Book 1 and totally enjoyed the story. However, using the wrong word in places kind of took me out of the story mentally, interrupting the flow, as it were. You kept using the word "site" which means location or place, where you should have used "sight" which is what you see. Also, a few times you used "too" when you should have used "to." I know it's nit picking, but can you fix?
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