On the blog today is talented writer, Alan Dale...
Tell us a bit about
yourself.
Well I am a long-time sports and news journalist who has worked for
smaller newspapers and publications. I like the pace, but part of me wonders if
I could do it at a bigger place. I am highly accolade in the profession and have
been published over 10,000 times. I also won five national awards before I was
21. I live in Portland, Oregon and was born and raised in Chicago. Graduated
from the University of Arizona a bit back. I am an avid sports fan following
football, rugby union and league, cricket, basketball, hockey, lacrosse,
American football, team handball, and futsal.
Could you tell us
what work you currently have available?
The Dead Nations’ Army Series, beginning with “DNA: Code Flesh
(Part I). It will be the first of six-eight novellas, all around 90-100 pages
apiece. The thought is to have Code Flesh consist of the first two, Code Mind,
the next two or three, and then the last, unnamed one, wrap it up with two or
three. I also have a techno thriller out there called “The Enternet: Trapped
Inside a WEB.”
Tell us about your
latest release.
Dead Nations’ Army Series: DNA: Code Flesh (Part I). Well I decided
that instead of hurrying to get DNA out I wanted to slowly introduce it to the
mainstream. Then I consulted some other writers and asked them of the idea to
produce a book serial of novellas to slowly get the brand out. I got a thumbs
up so I went with it. It will be two books, four parts each. It basically is a
political piece wrapped in zombie colors. According to some of my Facebook page
fans, it is “highly politically charged,” and asks a lot of social/political
questions we should be asking ourselves today. Is our educational system
brainwashing us? Are we allowing the elite, wealthy, silver spoon kids wanting
all of us “normal” people to die? Just look at insurance rates, medical,
groceries, etc, etc. We have more elite kids in charge that come from silver
than from dirt. DNA explores a more gruesome, yet realistic view at the lengths
a totalitarian government would do to take over the world. The problem is that
the zombies in DNA are not your garden variety, are the victims in essence, and
offers, what will shock many, the perfect solution to solving the human race’s
ills. Is it definitely an ending I believe we surprise many.
For someone
unfamiliar with your work, how would you describe your writing?
Some people, early on, said DNA is written like a cross between
George Romero meets Chuck Palaniuk. I am very much focused on analogy and using
my stories as educational pieces on the ills of our world. We need some major
fixing soon or we are in trouble.
What else do you have
in the pipeline?
I plan to finish out the DNA series in the next year. I have a few
publishers eyeballing it and we may go in that direction. Then I hope to work
on my Nigel Fang vampire series – no glittering undead here. That series could
also surprise some folks. I also hope to continue working on my Serene Field
(supernatural) series, 24=1M (post-apocalyptic, political), the Hellearth
Chronicles (biblical, fantasy, action), and my Advancement of Man Trilogy.
What writers have had
the most influence on your own writing?
Stephen King, Phillip K. Dick. Anne Rice, Edgar Rice Burroughs, are
the main culprits.
What was the last
thing you read?
King’s latest on the Kennedy assassination and Tana French’s
“Faithful Place.”
Anything else you’d
like to tell us about?
I just hope the readers take advantage of the low $ and feel free
to review my work. Any and all critique is welcome. I hope they enjoy the ride,
join the Army, and spread the word.
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