Moved about 3000 words over the last few days. 2000 this afternoon. I’m really excited that the story is revealing new pieces of the mystery of the zombie plague in ways I never imagined when I sketched the book’s outline. So many nooks and crannies to explore.
When the zombies come, will there be any authority/government left at all in cities well outside the normal channels of government? St. Louis is well outside the pull of Washington D.C., for instance. Would the Feds–if they were still around–have any influence in St. Louis once half the population was eating the other? What would be the point?
Right away other entities would fill in the void. People have to eat. Drink. Stick together for protection. Those needs don’t just disappear, though I feel it would be impossible on any scale beyond a neighborhood or very small community. There would be too many people sick and zombie-fied to contain them if authorities tried to control too large an area. But there would be pockets of control. This portion of the book I’m exploring one such pocket.
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