“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild and write about anything they want: their new book, series or career as a whole. Rise of the Corpses and Queen of the Dead are the two middle grade/young adult titles from Ty Drago in his ongoing Undertakers series. Featuring teens that are the world’s last hope against an invasion of alien creatures, occupying decaying human Corpses, The Undertakers books are a fabulous addition to anyone’s Halloween Reading list. Here to talk about his Inspirations & Influences behind The Undertakers, please give it up for Ty Drago! Jack London once said: “You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to after it with a club.” When my wife first put it into my head the notion of writing a book for middle graders, I traveled my usual roads for inspiration: bad horror movies, music, walks, did I mention bad horror movies? Nothing jumped out at me — rare, but it happens — until I looked inward, well inward and way back. When […]