{"id":110,"date":"2017-04-09T14:49:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/claywrites.com\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2017-04-21T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T18:05:51","slug":"undead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/claywrites.com\/index.php\/undead\/","title":{"rendered":"Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; title=&#8221;Author Clay Morgan&#8221; subhead=&#8221;My Books&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>My book <em>Undead<\/em> was published by Abingdon Press in 2012. My current work in progress is tentatively called <strong>Haunted<\/strong><em>, <\/em>a memoir-y, travel book similar to the style of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz, and Bill Bryson with maybe a touch of Chuck Klosterman.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Haunted<\/em>, I journey all over America to some of the spookiest sites famous for paranormal and supernatural phenomenon. The central question is What are we haunted by? Along the way I meet some wild and interesting characters. It&#8217;s a lot of fun with bursts of poignancy. As you can see in my old photo, I&#8217;ve tried to keep smiling while chasing meaning in history and death for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working to complete the book by summer 2017 and then polish the manuscript as my agent shops it for the general market. 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Many of us move through life just like those fictitious monsters. We shamble around all lifeless like zombies or make like vampires and suck the life out of those around us. Fortunately, we don&#8217;t have to stay that way. The undead can get Undead.<\/p>\n<p>Ancient historical traditions and biblical narratives record multiple incidents of the undead, and the New Testament records seven separate cases of dead people returning to life through divine power. 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My current work in progress is tentatively called Haunted, a memoir-y, travel book similar to the style of Sarah Vowell, Tony Horwitz, and Bill Bryson with maybe a touch of Chuck Klosterman. In Haunted, I journey all over America to some of the spookiest sites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"My book Undead was published by ABingdon Press ...\r\nMy current work in progress is tentatively called Haunted... plan to finish it by summer 2017... agent and I will shop it for the general market...\r\n\r\n\"Life isn\u2019t defined by extreme fear or faith but rather a quest to be fully alive during the simple blandness of routine days.\" ~ Clay Morgan\r\n\r\nHave you ever felt like something was MISSING? What if I told you that miracles really do happen? 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