New Story on the Horizon!

I've been playing around with a story idea for several weeks. I've actually written three chapters and so far I'm cool with what I've written. It's kinda a social commentary, but with weed growers, government agencies, government fuck ups, and a new disease that causes people to lose their minds. It's kinda my nod to the zombie genre, though technically, they are still alive and aren't zombies.

It's centered in a fictional town in Northwest Arkansas and I had the good fortune to visit there this weekend. Part of it was to see my favorite opera, Carmen, the other was to soak up some atmosphere. Boy did I. We drove all over the mountains and stopped in a few small towns, so I could get it right when I create my own Ozark town. The inspiration was wonderful and I'm so full of ideas that I've been busily writing the better part of the day. I also got in a couple of movies too, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a pretty good film based on one of my favorite books, and Zombieland. It's a given why I watched Zombieland. A. Because I love zombie movies, especially Zomcoms, and B. Because...........if you are gonna write about zombie like people, you need a little pop culture zombies to feed your muse. I loved Zombieland. It was just a fun movie and gave me a few ideas to add to my growing list.

I've been doing insane research on how to grow marijuana in the forest. There is so much information and I really want to sound as authentic as possible. I'm sure if anyone ever got a hold of my computer, they would worry what my future plans are. Relax guys. Rest assured it's all just research. I can just see some government system, that is monitoring the net searches, flagging me. Oh my, is that a little paranoia there???? Toke em if you got em! ;)