The Zombie Knight

I had an idea, a little while ago, and at first, it seemed kinda dumb, but then, after a bit of thought, it started to seem less dumb. God help me, it probably is a stupid idea, for various reasons, but I still wanna do it, dammit.

See, I decided to start writing a new story, a story which I like to think of as "a re-imagining of the zombie." However, I know myself well enough to realize with miserable certainty that, under normal circumstances, I would never get around to actually finishing a new story. That is, unless I tried something different, something new. So I decided to serialize the story, rather than try to turn it into some kind of independent book, because after all, I'm already doing that with The World Barrier series, which tends to eat all of my story ideas or otherwise squash them in my mind.

The Zombie Knight, however, is something different to me. I consider it "a serial fantasy novel" in its own right, as I intend to treat it with the same care and complexity as anything I would try to get published, but I've placed it into its own blog, which makes it completely free for anyone to read.

And since this is my own original work, which I of course love, you might be wondering why I'm not worried about some assnugget coming in and stealing it. But well, I am kind of worried about plagiarism, actually, but I don't want that to stop me from doing this, because really, this serialization strategy is something to keep me motivated, something to keep me writing for a very long time, hopefully. And besides, the way I see it, if some turdburger tries to steal my work, then, well, I guess that's fine, because you see, my work is a continuing series. A new chapter will be published on the first of each month, so... the person would be stealing something that is perpetually incomplete.

I'm also placing some ads on that blog, as well, so maybe if enough folks like the story, it'll earn me a few pennies 'r something. I'm under no illusion that it'll bag me tons of money, but rather, I see The Zombie Knight as something that I can work on for a really long time, something to help hone my craft, because as a writer, I never want to stop improving. The day I stop getting better at what I do is the day I stop doing it. And who knows? Maybe this'll help me build a reputation as a fantasy writer. Again, under no delusions, here, but hey, I'm allowed to dream a little, right? Credibility is always a nice thing to have.

You can find a link to The Zombie Knight on the top right side of this blog, but there's nothing to see there, yet. I'll post the first chapter on October 1st, so please look forward to it. I'll probably post in this blog again when I do, though, just 'cuz I'm excitable and lame about these sortsa things, I guess. I apologize in advance.