Guest Post: I Left My Brains in San Francisco

 Zombies in SanFrancisco? Call an exterminator! I Left My Brains in San Francisco. http://tinyurl.com/ilmbisf

That was the tagline for author Karina Fabian's second book in the Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator series titled I Left My Brains in San Francisco.

The author is also running an “Are You the Next Zombie Idol” singing contest in search of someone to sing the theme song she wrote for I Left My Brains in San Francisco.  She has have the words and the tune; but a singer.  There are prizes for the best singer, the most creative audition video, and are giving one in ten entries a copy of the e-book.  The details are at http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/p/are-you-next-zombie-idol.html

But hurry, the deadline is November 1st.

Blurb:

Zombie problem? Call Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator--but not this weekend.

On vacation at an exterminator’s convention, she's looking to relax, have fun, and enjoy a little romance. Too bad the zombies have a different idea. When they rise from their watery graves to take over the City by the Bay, it looks like it'll be a working vacation after all.

Enjoy the thrill of re-kill with Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator.

Excerpt:

 "Hi! Welcome to Zomblog!  It's ‘Time to Re-kill!’  This is Kelsey Gardenberger, and we are reporting to you live from Fisherman's Wharf, where zombie exterminators Rii and Hi Lee of Bay Exterminations have been called in to take out a zombie."

Police held back spectators who had cell phones to film the event.  On the ground lay a man in a black-and-white striped shirt, black pants with suspenders and gold makeup on his rotting skin.  He pounded on the air with imaginary fists, and then felt along imaginary walls with his hands.  Where he should have had fingers, only mangled skin and bare bones showed. Rii and Hi, both in protective gear, watched the prone figure and spoke among themselves.  The zombie continued his act unconcerned, except to pause now and again and make drinking motions before pointing to the top hat waiting beside him.

"It looks like Rii Lee and Hi Lee have decided on their strategy.  Despite the fact that the zombie appears so docile, it could turn violent at the slightest provocation--and if you don't believe me, check out 'Don't wave that thing at me!' on the Zomblog archives.  They're starting!"

While Rii stood by with a power blaster of anti-zombie foam, Hi ambled up to the prone zombie, sword relaxed but ready in his left hand.  He watched the undead mime its struggle against the imaginary coffin, nodded appreciatively, and tossed a twenty into the hat.  The Wasted Mime started clawing with fervor, dug himself up, and brushed himself off.

Some of the crowd in the front stepped back.

It picked up the hat, checked the money.

The crowd took in a breath.

It faced Hi.

Hi bowed.

The crowd gasped.  Cameras flashed.

The zombie bowed back, deeply and theatrically.

Hi lashed out with his sword, its blade cutting deeply and theatrically into the zombie's neck.

The re-killed corpse folded over.

The crowd broke into wild cheers.

Kelsey smiled big for the camera.  "And there you have it!  Looks like a mime isn't such a terrible thing to waste after all."

 

BIO:

Winner of the 2010 INDIE for best Fantasy (Magic, Mensa and Mayhem) and a Global eBook Award for Best Horror (Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator), Karina Fabian’s writing takes quirky twists that keep her--and her fans--amused. Nuns working in space, a down-and-out Faerie dragon working off a geas from St. George, zombie exterminators—there’s always a surprise in Fabian’s worlds. Mrs. Fabian teaches writing and book marketing seminars online. 

Find Karina at:

• Website: http://fabianspace.com, http://dragoneyepi.net, http://zombiedeathextreme.com
• Blog:  http://fabianspace.blogspot.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karina.fabian
• Twitter:  http://twitter.com/#!/KarinaFabian
• Google +:  https://plus.google.com/103660024891826015212
• Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/10981939-karina-fabian

Find I Left My Brains in San Francisco at:

• Damnation Books: http://www.damnationbooks.com/book.php?isbn=9781615727643
• Amazon: http://amzn.to/Nzm01L (paper) http://amzn.to/OBBmkL (Kindle)
• More about it at http://zombiedeathextreme.com

Tour Stops

Present		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/p/are-you-next-zombie-idol.html			Zombie Idol contest
30-Sep		http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.blogspot.com/			interview
1-Oct		http://apiusman.blogspot.com			guest post
2-Oct		http://apiusman.blogspot.com			interview
3-Oct		http://apiusman.blogspot.com			review
4-Oct		http://www.twfendley.com			Ring of Power Tour
5-Oct		http://www.kees2create.com.au/the-other-side/			Info
6-Oct		http://virginiajennings.webs.com/apps/blog/			interview
7-Oct		http://thebookconnectionccm.blogspot.com			guest post from neeta
8-Oct		http://cookinwithmisshavana.blogspot.com/			guest post on how the story came to be & review
8-Oct		http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/			Writer's Fun Zone  ILMBISF
8-Oct		tracysmorris.com			guest post--writing plot or finding time to write
9-Oct		http://virginiajennings.webs.com/apps/blog/			guest post--future tech
10-Oct		http://lincolncrisler.info			guest post
11-Oct		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com			guest post from george or kim
11-Oct		http://www.snoringscholar.com			Twitterview
11-Oct		http://www.freethewriterinside.com			interview
12-Oct		http://www.kees2create.com.au/the-other-side/			Interview
13-Oct		www.rebeccaminto.blogspot.com			Interview
14-Oct		http://www.garywolson.com/blog/			keeping zombies fresh
15-Oct		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com			Fun Facts About NLZE2
15-Oct	http://tmarquitz.com				Excerpt
16-Oct		http://www.snoringscholar.com			Interview
17-Oct		www.dennisauthor.com			info
18-Oct		http://www.snoringscholar.com			Guest Post--A catholic writes non-Catholic work
19-Oct		http://www.kees2create.com.au/the-other-side/			Guest Post-Writing Tips
20-Oct		http://michaelrwilsonfiction.wordpress.com/			Review
21-Oct		http://michaelrwilsonfiction.wordpress.com/			Interview
22-Oct		http://publottery.blogspot.com			interview
22-Oct		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com			Zombie Make-Up tutorial
23-Oct		http://potsnpens.blogspot.com/			recipe
24-Oct		http://roxannebland.com			guest post
25-Oct		http://www.snoringscholar.com			Review
25-Oct		http://www.freethewriterinside.com			guest post on zombies
25-Oct		http://susannedrazic.blogspot.com/			Neeta Interview
26-Oct		http://www.kees2create.com.au/the-other-side/			Gust Post-Marketing Tips
26-Oct		http://karencioffiwritingandmarketing.com			Building Neeta's World
27-Oct		http://www.provozombiechase.com/			LIVE signing in Provo
27-Oct		http://josephbspencer.com/blog			interview
28-Oct		http://www.suhalfwerk.blogspot.com/			Info,
29-Oct		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com			Shambling in a Winter Wonderland
30-Oct		http://beccabutcher.wordpress.com			interview
31-Oct		http://www.writersfunzone.com/blog/			review
1-Nov		http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/p/are-you-next-zombie-idol.html			Zombie Idol Contest Ends
2-Nov		http://www.kees2create.com.au/the-other-side/			Review & Giveaway

“Are You the Next Zombie Idol” singing contest?

Is singing your hobby?
Are you into zombies?
Do you love to win?

Then this contest is for you.
In association with Damnation Books, author Karina Fabian has setup a contest to find a singer for her book, I Left My Brains in San Francisco.

They have the lyrics and tune; but need a singer. 

They are offering prizes for the best singer, the most creative audition video, and are giving one in ten entries a copy of the e-book.   

All details are here: 
http://fabianspace.blogspot.com/p/are-you-next-zombie-idol.html

Contest ends November 1st, 2012
What are you waiting for? Go for it!

Top Ten Reasons to Write about Zombies by Karina Fabian

Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator, by Karina Fabian, takes place 30 years in the future when causes unknown make people to rise from the grave. Unlike the dystopic tales like Zombieland, Fabian's world has taken measures to curtail the spread of disease. The result: zombies are pests and nuisances--and who better to take care of such things than an exterminator?
Neeta Lyffe is a professional exterminator down on her luck when a zombie she sets on fire stumbles onto a lawyer's back porch. Desperate for money, she agrees to host a reality TV show where she'll train apprentice exterminators in a show that crosses the worst of The Apprentice with Survivor with Night of the Living Dead. Can she keep her bills paid, her ratings up, and her plebes alive and still retain her sanity?
Now, here are the Top Ten Reasons to Write about Zombies ((In no particular order, from the home office of Karina Fabian, author of Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator)
10. They're the next big trend! Forget your sparkly vampires--maggoty zombies are the hot literary trope in the fantasy horror world!
…okay, this is really a lame reason to write about them. Write what you enjoy and what's in your heart--make the trend; don't follow it. However, this is the first time I actually was part of the current, and it's a new experience for me. Wonder if it will mean much sales-wise.
9. Need to incorporate all five senses? Zombie stench makes that easy!
8. There's so much uncharted territory. Let's face it--if you have to add glitter to your vampires to make them new, the genre's been done. Zombies are still wide open. Really--see the guts?
7. No more pressure to put in that sex scene to bump ratings
6. You can abuse them freely. They're dead. You can whack off their heads without remorse. Or, if you choose to go for the legs and leave them crawling and groaning "flesh wound!" it's funny. Bonus--the ASPCA doesn't care about them!
5. Body humor! No one can lend you a hand with that better than a zombie! (From Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator: " He moved in to cover her while she checked out some zombie spoor: dried skin, a rotting finger, what looked like part of a nose. Must have been some sneeze. ")
4. Easy to write dialogue for.
3. What a literary device. In Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator, I use zombies as a foil to attack some of the finer aspects of society--conspiracy theorist, radical ecologists, activists, etc. It was a lot of fun to point at these groups with a rotting finger.
2. When you've explored all aspects of life, what's left? Oh, wait!
1. To prove you have the braaaiiiins for it!

Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator is available from Damnation Books here. Want to learn more about your favorite apprentice, catch up on all the episodes, and learn more about the strong, sincere and totally hot Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator? Visit The Zombie Death EXTREME website here:  http://www.zombiedeathextreme.com/index.php.

About Karina Fabian:

From zombie exterminators to dragon detectives to nuns in space, Karina Fabian's universes make readers laugh, cry and think. Winner of the 2007 EPPIE Award for best sci-fi and the 2010 INDIE Award for best fantasy, she lets her characters take her where they will and is never disappointed. Karina Fabian is married to Colonel Robert Fabian. They and their four kids call home wherever the Air Force sends them. Learn more at www.fabianspace.com