Kim Paffenroth's Page on his zombie-related fiction and non-fiction
posted by KPaffenroth at
3:49 PM
I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. Starting in 2006, I had one of those strange midlife things, and turned my analysis towards horror films and literature. I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).
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Have you noticed any patterns or trends in the stories you reject and the ones you place in the 'maybe' pile? Are there any red flags that instantly get one bounced?
I'd say "too much" or "not enough"
A novel's worth of action and plot in 5000 words. Makes my head hurt.
Or a scene, maybe a very poignant one and well-described, but no plot or action, leaving me wondering "So?"
Oh, and the few that have no zombies, and are not set in the future, and are either 500 or 15000words. I'm not a stickler, but there are parameters.
I think I'm in the TBR pile, unless something went horribly wrong, but I just wanted to say thank you for keeping us up to date.
Oh, and the few that have no zombies, and are not set in the future, and are either 500 or 15000words. I'm not a stickler, but there are parameters.
You can't put parameters on GENIUS!
Wait, I was chanelling some nitwit.
Thats was the exact response from one of those rejected for that reason. Well, that and a vague threat of some kind threat to "beware" him.
Ah yes. The distant cry of the misunderstood genius - "You will Rue the Day!"
I think that's the same guy I told he wasn't ready to join our writers' group.
Yeah, he really made the case that he could take criticism. : - |
Someone told you to beware him? Are you sure he didn't also threaten you with bleach or other household cleaning supplies? Perhaps he vowed fire would be upon you and your home? Maybe he called you a "fuck" or a "fucking fuck" and crawled back into the muck of his basement to plot your demise? Now that would sound like someone I know of...
LOL, no, I have never had the experience of rejecting THAT person.
This was more the mad scientist, "They laughed at me at the university - but it's alive! Fear me mortal!" kind of rant.
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