I’m self-publishing my ’90s comedy/horror novel… Rock Zombie!

Over the last week, I have posted a number of different bits and bobs over social media… a few songs on TikTok, Reels, and Instagram/Facebook stories, plus some seemingly random posts about characters, and a couple of quotes… and then this… a 90s-themed MySpace page, which I have to say, I’m particularly proud of. Man, the internet was awesome back then!

Rock Zombie has had quite the history. I created the very first file for it on September 1st, 2021, and I have absolutely no idea when I finished writing, but it was signed by a publisher not long after The Book and the Blade was signed by Parliament House Press (I was buzzing! And you better believe I was waiting for the ‘third bus’ to come along as well!) But things don’t always go according to plan in the publishing world. The first publisher that signed Rock Zombie went bust, as did the second, but then another came along a few days later and I thought that’s it, that’s my third bus! Sadly, after nearly two years of development, that didn’t work out either.

Then came a strange period where I hunted publishers who might be interested but they had really specific word counts… the original Rock Zombie was 70k words… but there are also 60k, 50k, and 40k word versions because I did whatever I could to try and make it work. Again, it wasn’t to be. It got attention, and it got good feedback, but no-one was willing to take the plunge…

So, I am.

I’ve spent the better part of this year putting all the little bits and pieces of my zombie back together… and now I’m ready to unleash him on the world.

Over the course of the coming weeks, there will be plenty more ads, snippets, teasers, and call-outs for cover reveals, ARC readers, release day fun, and launch party shenanigans. I’m going all out with this one (I even have a spreadsheet! Laa-dee-daa!)

Watch this space, folks! There’ll soon be zombies and ghosts in it!