Kim Paffenroth's Page on his zombie-related fiction and non-fiction
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Proofreading
Typed up all my corrections for D2L on first pass galleys! Remarkably clean manuscript, and I didn't cringe too badly, reading my old writing. Almost no typos, no real howlers, just some repeated words, a dangling modifier, a line of dialogue I didn't like, that kind of thing.
And though it's just a placeholder now, it seems more "real" to go to the Simon and Schuster website and see a page for me here!
I use the thesaurus often to help me not reuse the same words over and over. Especially when I'm referring to the zombies in my story. I use undead, ghoul, monster, creature, and whatever else I can come up with in an attempt at not using the identical description in the same chapter if I can help it. Spelling gets run through spellcheck, although I am careful also to make sure that I am using the correct word to begin with. And my program also helps with grammar. Even so, I still find stuff that could be dusted up. Hopefully my editor will go over it with a fine-toothed comb and not overlook any errors that got by.
oh yes, it's funny, the stuff that slips by! I hear you about "zombies" - you're on your guard not to repeat that word. But then "guy" or "under" or some other innocuous word shows up in four sentences in a row!
Please tell me your publisher will make your works available on the kindle, etc.? I know this question is off comment, but I didn't know hwere else to ask this. I have just discovered the world of zombie horror and your works look fantastic but would much prefer an electronic version.
Location: Cornwall on Hudson, New York, United States
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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I use the thesaurus often to help me not reuse the same words over and over. Especially when I'm referring to the zombies in my story. I use undead, ghoul, monster, creature, and whatever else I can come up with in an attempt at not using the identical description in the same chapter if I can help it. Spelling gets run through spellcheck, although I am careful also to make sure that I am using the correct word to begin with. And my program also helps with grammar. Even so, I still find stuff that could be dusted up. Hopefully my editor will go over it with a fine-toothed comb and not overlook any errors that got by.
Congrats on the Simon & Schuster page!
oh yes, it's funny, the stuff that slips by! I hear you about "zombies" - you're on your guard not to repeat that word. But then "guy" or "under" or some other innocuous word shows up in four sentences in a row!
Please tell me your publisher will make your works available on the kindle, etc.? I know this question is off comment, but I didn't know hwere else to ask this. I have just discovered the world of zombie horror and your works look fantastic but would much prefer an electronic version.
absolutely, Scott, I think you'll find most of my works available in Kindle and many other formats, at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com
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