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[Dave Dunwoody]

I figured I'd better get one of these going after following the other promotional threads.

Last I heard, Jacob was reading his hard copy of Empire and digging it, so we'll see what happens on that front!

I've just been published in the e-zine susurrus. My story "In the Clay" concerns a vacant lot, a cop and a disfigured vagrant on a date with destiny.

Right now I'm working with an editor on my novella "Lost Souls" for Permuted's Headshot Quartet. We're smoothing out the kinks and I'm having a great experience with the editor assigned by Jacob.

I'm also an aspiring screenwriter, and on that front, things look like they're picking up. Live Bait, set to be filmed in HD this summer in California, takes the standard slasher formula and turns it on its head. I was basically handed a character & concept created by Timberwolf Entertainment in their 2001 indie homage Summer's End: The Legend of Samhain & told to give it new life. Some of you into indie horror might be familiar with Jack, the killer who wore a jack-o'-lantern mask:

Live Bait is a stand-alone story reintroducing Jack's legend and, partway through, giving him a gruesome new look.

So what makes it different from the other slashers coming off the assembly line? As a slasher fanatic, I've tried to inject some new ideas into this outing, and director Joe Patnaud (he's got a gig on Zombie's Halloween right now) provided the story angle that gives the film its name. There's going to be a lot of "bait" running around in this flick, and who's being baited is where the twists & turns begin.

Last note: my MySpace has a story tracker (thanks again to Joel Sutherland for the idea) logging my current submissions & accepted material. At any given time there are probably a couple of anthos or magazines linked there that you may want to submit to, so check it out.

[Bret Jordan]

Glad to see you join the rest of us 'pimps'! 

Man, it sounds like you have a lot going on too.

Good luck with Empire and keep me posted.

[Zombie Zak]

Well, that's just nifty.  Neato, and a whole bunch of potatoe chips.

[Dave Dunwoody]

Actually, stay tuned for news on Empire: THE POTATO CHIPS

(I need to clarify that these are actual chips and not another development in the saga)

[Permuted Press]

That's awesome about the movie, Dave!  Now use your pull to get a movie of Empire made. 

[Zombie Zak]

Actually, stay tuned for news on Empire: THE POTATO CHIPS

(I need to clarify that these are actual chips and not another development in the saga)

Yeah for potatoe chips.  They cure everything.  They're also good for breakfast wake me ups, too.

PS: Oh, yeah, and congrats on all the work that you've got on your plate; success must be pilling out of your karmic stove.  It takes years and years and years of toil, to get instant success.

PPS: Hehehehehe.  I added you on MySpacie land.  Hehehehehe.  Now you're going to go crazy.  Sorry about that.

[Dave Dunwoody]

Thanks Zak. Friended.

That's awesome about the movie, Dave!  Now use your pull to get a movie of Empire made. 

*starts pullin'

[Zombie Zak]

Thanks Zak. Friended.

*starts pullin'

Coolness.  Gotta love the instant gratification of the net, the net, the net, the net.  Duck.  Diva's got a net!

PS: I like friends.  It's like have a cheeseburger, with the cheese melted just right.  (And I have no idea where the h-e double hockey sticks that came from........)

[Doug (Ancient) Wojtowicz]

Sweeeet news on the movie deal, m'man!  You are officially in "made it" land!

[ZombieDiva]

Yes, I think you will do excellently! Keep promoting yourself, and keep on doing what you are doing, and I'll be able to say I knew you when.....

[Joel A. Sutherland]

Dave, cool news all around! I'm hoping Empire is published as a book because as we've all discussed here before, it's much more enjoyable to be able to hold a novel in your hands, instead of reading off a screen; if it is printed (knock on wood), I'll be first in line to buy my copy!

And correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you have a story coming out in April's Read By Dawn Vol II?

[Dave Dunwoody]

Thanks all. Joel, I do! It's called "Harvest" and it's set in the post-outbreak world of Empire. This one's about a well-guarded community that's infiltrated by one very nasty zombie.

[Joel A. Sutherland]

That's awesome Dave! I didn't know it was in the Empire universe. I'm looking forward to reading it.

[Zombie Zak]

Thanks all. Joel, I do! It's called "Harvest" and it's set in the post-outbreak world of Empire. This one's about a well-guarded community that's infiltrated by one very nasty zombie.

"Nasty Zombies" - oooooooh.  They're the best kind.  Nothing else will do.

[Joel A. Sutherland]

Ha! You said it, Zak!