How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse): A Prequel Chapter

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Tara Lynne

I can’t believe it’s been FIVE WHOLE YEARS since my second novel, How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse) came out! I thought it would be fun to celebrate the anniversary all week, beginning with a prequel chapter that I churned out just for this little celebration.

If you HAVE read HTSLITZA, you might be able to figure out – pretty easily – who is featured in this prequel chapter. On the other hand, if you HAVEN’T read HTSLITZA, there are no worries about spoilers.

So without further ado, I present the release of the first EVER prequel chapter to How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse)!

OPEN MIC NIGHT

“C’mon dude, she’s not around to roll her eyes at our choice of bars. Grab your guitar and meet us at City Pub for open mic night.”

I glanced at my girlfriend’s dog. “I dunno, man. She might not be here to judge me, but I swear she ordered the dog to do it in her stead.”

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NaNoWriMo 2018 Kickoff – A Flashback to 2016

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Tara Lynne

I miss participating in NaNoWriMo, but I know that my current work schedule doesn’t exactly lend itself to writing over 1,600 words a day, every day, for a month. That said, in 2016 I started writing a modern version of The Picture of Dorian Grey for NaNo, and while I know there’s next to no chance that I will actually write 50,000 words this month (or even write every day, because I’m actually on vacation and very busily so from today until late Monday), I thought I would share the first chapter that I wrote about two years ago, in hopes that it will encourage me to – at the very least – write more. And so, without further ado, Chapter 1 of A Photo of Dorienne…

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How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse): Available for Purchase 2/13/2017!

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Tara Lynne

I started writing my second novel, How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse), for National Novel Writing Month in November of 2013. Unfortunately, personal upheaval combined with a lot of work making major edits to my first book, The Way of Reckoning, kept me from finishing it in a timely manner.

That said, I’m excited to announce that the first draft of How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse) was completed last summer, it was beta’d last fall, and the final edits were completed just last month – which means that the ebook will be available for purchase starting Monday February 13th!

Many thanks to Tony of AZCS Technology/Dark Catt Studios for supplying the cover art, which I’m VERY excited about.

How to Start Living (in the Zombie Apocalypse) is the story of how a young woman faces the end of the world as we know it head on – and doesn’t exactly feel ‘fine’…

How would YOU survive the zombie apocalypse? It’s a question Charlie never thought to ask herself, but now that she’s been dropped into the middle of it she has to face her new reality. She isn’t sure if the answer is simply to kill or be killed, or if there’s some way around that…and she’s not even sure she wants to take the pacifist route, anyway.

Follow Charlie as she leaves a yoga retreat and is forced to begin a journey back to her childhood home; as she struggles to survive, only to discover that she’s never felt so alive before.

If you are interested in procuring a signed physical copy of the book, I will be offering them for sale at my booth at MegaCon Orlando May 25-28, 2017, or feel free to purchase one online and bring it to either of the following upcoming events:

ClexaCon – Las Vegas, NV – March 3-5, 2017 (please note that the best/easiest way to procure a signature from me at this convention will be to attend one of my panels)
Ice & Fire Con – Pembroke, VA – April 28-30, 2017

Please note that while the ebook will be available on February 13th, paperback copies will take a bit longer to finalize, but they will be available before March 1st…I’m just too excited to wait much longer to release this book; writing it has been such a labor of love and I can’t wait to share it!

Cover Artist Bio
Antonio Maldonado is a custodial hero by day and a snack lovin’ cartoonist at night. He shares his home/studio/dojo with Stella (9th level Puggle Warrioress) where they share snacks and… okay, they mostly just share snacks. However, drawing things that make people go “Oooh!” is in his blood. So keep your eyes peeled for more stuff over at thecucoking.deviantart.com and/or cucoking.wordpress.com.

The Way of Reckoning is Now Available as a Paperback!

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Tara Lynne

I premiered the paperback version of my novel The Way of Reckoning at MegaCon 2016, and as of this past Saturday (June 4th – right at one year, six months after it was published for Kindle) it is now available on Amazon and Createspace!

I’ve been busy setting it up for paperback sales as well as doing tons of work for Ice & Fire Con, hence my lack of updates here on my website. (Yes, I feel like I’m always explaining away my lack of posts because I am legitimately always busy and feel bad that I don’t have time to engage my website followers as much as I should.) But I have a lot of exciting things in the works, so hopefully life will settle down and I’ll have time to write about them soon 🙂 Meanwhile, if you’re so inclined, please head head over to Amazon or Createspace and check out my novel!