Interview with James Schannep Writer of INFECTED
I was fortunate enough to have a chance to sit down (digitally anyway) with James Schannep, the writer of INFECTED, which I did a Product Spotlight on earlier this week. Q.) Where did the idea to do a choose your own adventure style book come from? A.) The Click Your Poison series started as an offhand comment in a chat with a friend, who asked, “why are there no choose your own adventure books for adults?” After a quick google search, I found the majority of hits where from others asking the same question. That’s when I knew there was a market. A few people had tried to make primitive html-based adventures, but the result was less than satisfying. However, that lead to another important question: “Could ebooks accept hyperlinks to jump from one section to the next?” After I learned I could, I knew I should give it a try. Q.) You have a military background and especially with the various firearms in the game that was