International Bon Vivant and Raconteur ([info]nick_kaufmann) wrote,
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Fear Zone Turns One, with Some Exciting News
Happy birthday to Fear Zone, which turns one year old today!

I've been along for the ride since pretty much the start, with my first article for them (an interview with author Sarah Langan) going live on October 25, 2007. I've been doing book reviews and interviews for them ever since.

But that's about to change, and a new era of my involvement with Fear Zone begins this month. As editor Greg Lamberson writes in today's editorial:

Look for more columns in the very near future. Nicholas Kaufmann, who has conducted several interviews and written reviews for us, will be tackling THE STATE OF THE GENRE this week.

That's right, I've landed a monthly column at the Zone, which I have named "The State of the Genre." My mandate? I get to write about whatever I want to write about, so long as it has to do with the horror genre. (That's what I do on my blog anyway, pretty much, except now I'm getting paid for it!) Since I have no fear of controversy or speaking my mind, and certainly no fear of criticizing the genre I love so dearly, you can be sure "The State of the Genre" will never be boring.

We're starting things off this month with a lighter column, though, nothing too heavy. A way to ease readers into the State of the Genre before I bring out the big guns. The first column goes live this week. I'll be sure to announce it as soon as it's up.


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[info]realthog
2008-09-01 04:15 pm UTC (link)

Congratulations, Nick! That's very exciting news.

Memo to Self: Show Kaufmann a bit of respect in future.

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 04:24 pm UTC (link)
That's right -- you don't want to wind up being a column topic, do you?

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[info]realthog
2008-09-01 05:57 pm UTC (link)

Eek!

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[info]justinhowe
2008-09-01 04:42 pm UTC (link)
Congratulations! I look forward to all the controversy already!

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 05:05 pm UTC (link)
Pitchforks and torches, man. Pitchforks and torches.

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[info]admnaismith
2008-09-01 04:49 pm UTC (link)

May comic hijinks ensue!

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 05:06 pm UTC (link)
With sexy results!

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[info]jplangan
2008-09-01 05:47 pm UTC (link)
Congrats, Nick--you're the perfect man for the job!

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 06:01 pm UTC (link)
My columns will have no paragraph breaks!

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[info]jplangan
2008-09-01 06:17 pm UTC (link)
Yes!!!

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[info]glamberson
2008-09-01 05:55 pm UTC (link)
I spelled your name correctly.

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 06:01 pm UTC (link)
And without parentheses this time!

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[info]livia_llewellyn
2008-09-01 08:28 pm UTC (link)
Congrats! I look forward to many columns where you try to kill teh genre, only to see it rise again from its mouldering grave and shamble towards you yet again in a desperate attempt to convince you that only the baddest boys of horror use PublishAmerica in their endless attempt to restore horror to it's origi--oh, fuck it.

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 08:39 pm UTC (link)
It's like you live in my head!

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[info]livia_llewellyn
2008-09-01 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Well, that explains why I'm always having sexy lingerie pillow-fights in my head!

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 09:10 pm UTC (link)
So that's where they went! Give them back!

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[info]livia_llewellyn
2008-09-01 09:19 pm UTC (link)
NEVAH!!!

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 09:32 pm UTC (link)
But they're mine! What are YOU going to do with them?

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[info]livia_llewellyn
2008-09-01 09:40 pm UTC (link)
I think the answer to that lies only IN YOUR HEAD. :P

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 10:22 pm UTC (link)
You don't want to know what's going on in there now!

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[info]barbara_ferrenz
2008-09-01 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Great news, Nick! Can't think of anyone who would handle the subject with as much fairness and intelligence who wouldn't bore me to death.

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-01 09:10 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, Barbara!

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[info]nballingrud
2008-09-02 12:39 pm UTC (link)
Excellent! I'm looking forward to it. You know, over the last year or so, I'm starting to think that thoughtful, literate horror might actually have a future ...

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[info]nick_kaufmann
2008-09-02 01:16 pm UTC (link)
Don't be silly.

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