Today's New Years Day, and so I figured that I had to at least say something to all of you to let you know what the new year means, and what I hope to accomplish this year. 2014 has been a very intriguing year for me, it has been one of many firsts. I started my first full-time job, (I had another job when I was fifteen at a restaurant, but it was part-time and for such a brief time that it doesn't count.) I finished my first semester's worth of college with flying colors, even though I feel like I worked half-ass with most of it. My high-school teachers always praised me for being very proficient at 'bullshit,' which I think would likely make sense of some of the good grades I had gotten. I have never studied for a test, but I had at least a 3.5 for my whole time in high-school.
Sometimes I look at my own knowledge of History and English, and think, maybe I could try to be a more contributing member of society. Maybe I could change the world for the better somehow, but then I think, 'nah, I'm a writer, my objective is to put one word in-front of the other in an effort to make a coherent sentence.' I always sucked at Science though, and was borderline average at Math. I remember to say SOHCAHTOA to find the Sine, Cosine, and Tangent functions though, if that means anything. Math and Science are both black arts as far as I am concerned, because everything besides writing is white-noise. Fifty years from now, I'll write an epic that receives mixed-to-negative reviews from book aficionados and spend my whole time feeling bad about the project that I spent like ten years working on, only for Peter Jackson to make a movie series out of it after I'm dead. Or at least that's the dream...
Joking aside, I am writing this on The Film Site, The Gaming Site, and Out of Frame to let everyone know that I hope they have a great New Years, and I want to thank everyone that has joined me on this 'cyber ride,' of sorts.
I hope that The Film Site (dot) NET and The Gaming Site (dot) NET can both continue their efforts at bringing the latest news, reviews, and opinion to the public. I've always hated that little tagline, the "latest news, review, and opinion," because it makes me thinking that it seems like all I care about is the newest and latest. In December, I focused predominantly on 2014 movie releases and some of the newer video-games like The Evil Within, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Batman: Arkham Origins - Blackgate, and so on. I did this for a number of reasons, I had them anyway, and also because I knew that it'd be more likely to bring everyone in as the sites kick off. However, in January, and forward from then, I'd like to be able to explore some other territories and share my love of foreign films and low-budget horror. (So, uh, get excited for that!) And with video-games, I have a large stack of video-games that I have been working through. (Catherine, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Fatal Frame, Sherlock: Crimes and Punishments, and a few others)
I hope that in 2015, both websites can have even more guest reviews and reader contributions, as I don't ever want these websites to be a singular opinion or consensus, I want everyone to feel welcome to submit their reviews, columns, and whatever else they want to share, regardless of whether or not it's mainstream or popular.
For Out of Frame, my writing website that has been on the fritz since November, I have to say that I hope it can get everything back in gear by February. I don't know whether or not I'll be to keep at the same work ethic that I once had, which was kind-of insane, but I'd like to think that it can at least have moderately consistent material. Of course,
February 2015 will bring one of the biggest moments of my life as I publish Blind Salvation on e-book and paperback. I am extremely excited about this, and a little nervous, but it's a step that needs to be taken. Blind Salvation is the first full book that I have ever written. I wrote it when I was fifteen, and it was the book that made me realize that I wanted to be a writer. Not as a hobby. But as a life-style. I have written books since then, and some of me wanted to publish them first. But I decided this was where it HAD to start. With THIS book.
In February 2015, I will publish Blind Salvation, but I would like to have some other material on there as well. Another thing is that I badly need to redesign the website. I like the theme and I like the banner, but if I can find a better replacement, I'll take it, but I know for certain I need to do something with the layout. Make it 'cleaner'.
With all of this being said, once again, I wish all of you the best, and if you had a decent year with 2014, like me, I hope you have an even better one, and for those that feel kicked or beaten as the year comes to a close, hang in there, kid. All the best, ...
- That Nick Kid
