Adventures in New Misadventures

"Damn, its been 7 years here. Rock On Everybody, it's been one hell of a ride." Macker – The Keendom

It has indeed. It has indeed… I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I'm very grateful to the staff (both past and present), fans, and readers who made that place what it was over the last seven years. Every single reader and fan who participated in the forum — I can't thank you enough.

And I'm grateful to the authors who appreciated and understood what we built and where we were trying to take it. Not every author felt that way, of course, but that comes with the territory. One of the more suckier things that follows success is that people will use you. Sometimes, they aren't even aware they are doing it. Sometimes, they are. And sometimes, you are so used to people using you that you assume they are even when they are not.

In my experience, the hardest part these last few years has been figuring out who my friends are, and who my "friends" are. Success breeds paranoia, and you'll find yourself almost automatically dividing people into two camps – those who talk to you because of who you are, and those who talk to you because of who you are. There's an important distinction there, one I've written about a little bit in THE GIRL ON THE GLIDER. The Keenedom helped me divine those peer categories a little but more, and for that, I am also grateful, because I can use the lessons going forward.

But, onward and upward to new situations and misadventures, right? Above is the poster for the film version of GHOUL. It will also be the cover to the forthcoming audiobook (from Dark Realms) and paperback (from Deadite Press). GHOUL debuts later this year on ChillerTV (an NBC/Universal affiliate). I am told it will also screen in theaters in select cities, and have an eventual DVD and Blu-Ray release. I do not have any other information or a release date yet, but they are showing commercials for it on Chiller pretty much every hour. It is my understanding that REMAINS, based on the comic by my friend Steve Niles, will air first.

Las Vegas City Life has interviewed Nick Mamatas and I regarding our new novel, THE DAMNED HIGHWAY. You can read the interview for free by clicking here. If you haven't yet purchased the book, you an un-fuck that by clicking here.

While perusing online reviews of THE DAMNED HIGHWAY, I'm noticing a few readers commenting that this was their first exposure to Nick Mamatas, and they'd like to read more by him. If I might recommend my three favorites, check out UNDER MY ROOF, SENSATION, and NORTHERN GOTHIC.

And now it's time to meet the Fuck Around Quotient Meter. You've probably seen these on other author's websites. I like them, and I'm going to start using them here. That way, instead of emailing or calling me to see get a progress report, editors can simply check the latest update and they'll know how I'm making out. And you readers can play along, too. The meter tells you whether or not I've been fucking around too much on Twitter and Blip.fm and doing things like spending time with family, instead of writing.

Here is what I worked on last week, and where they stood as of last Friday evening:

CLICKERS VS. ZOMBIES

TREATMENT FOR MTV THAT I CAN'T TALK ABOUT

THE LAST ZOMBIE: SCAVENGERS (Note: In this case, 'Words' represents 'Pages')

In addition to that, I also began edits on the new Deadite edition of GHOUL, wrote a chapter of DELUGE, and made an effort to answer emails (and managed to answer 100 out of approximately 2,000 unread messages).

So, yeah. This is the new format. Same amount of information, but presented in a new way. Frees me up to do more with my day. Which I'm going to go do right now…