"Are you a vampire person or a zombie person?" Not something I expected to be asked ever, and certainly not in an editors' group 😆 But there you go. We were discussing the role of monsters in books (movies and shows too) and having a great time. Clearly, editors love reading, books and, of course, monsters. Books I loved with a monster (broadly defined as a creature with some kind of supernatural powers) in it: - Circe (Madeline Miller) - Nettle and Bone (T. Kingfisher) - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (V.E. Schwab) I'm also eyeing Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel), which Joanne Taylor recommended. Many thanks to coordinators Joanne and Dr Sara Kitaoji AE for hosting yet another fun session for our Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) Cloud East group! As to my answer? I used to be a vampire person and had *no* idea that "zombie person" was a thing! I'm not sure if I'm ready to try the zombie stories/shows that Sara recommended... Which are you?
If I had to choose, gotta say I'm a vampire person! Zombies give me too many nightmares. (Like I seriously had nightmares after watching Shaun of the Dead. 😅)
That was a wonderful session, Ema Naito (she/her)! I laughed so much... what a fab topic to talk about. I loooove monsters and Joanne Taylor's talk on the subject was great! I could do this for hours and hours 😃.
This is a very thought-provoking post - it sounds like you had a great session.
Oops, isn’t it a standard question to ask one’s friends and colleagues? 😅🤭It’s hard to find zombie peeps, but my enthusiasm seems to be infectious 🧟♀️😉🧟♂️🧟
I had so much fun in this session, Ema! Like Diane Page said, it felt like we got to know Sara quite well 😂🧟 I love the three books you chose! And Kaikeyi!
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1wI’m a werewolf person, but I’ve been accused of being a vampire myself 🤷🏻♂️