When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.

But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who listens to them? Nobody! Who's going to care about some PBS-NPR fringe minority that's out of touch with the mainstream? The more those elitist eggheads shouted "The Dead Are Walking," the more most real Americans tuned them out.

1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don't need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'.

There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.