#tbdne2

[onemikey]

I DIDN'T WRITE THIS

But it reads very similar to the style of TBDNE 2...

Craigslist, "Missed Connection - m4w"

H/T my friend Karen T. aka @ktchev

[onemikey]

I'M CHOPPING MY NEXT NOVEL UP INTO PARTS AND RELEASING THEM ONE BY ONE

I've written in this space before about the artistic and commercial merits of volume, i.e. franchises, sequels, transmedia:

In a culture where the audience for art and entertainment is significantly fragmented then, it seems that the best chance to have a broad cultural impact is to stretch across multiple forms of media… to write a book that gets turned into a movie and then later on is adapted for TV… and maybe there’s a video game and an app and a Broadway play… to show up and stick your art has to be everywhere. If I had to bet, I would be more likely to put my money on people still watching HARRY POTTER 50 years from now than I would on PULP FICTION. 

To put this idea in industry speak, franchises and transmedia matter - not just for commercial reasons but for cultural reasons, as well. I admit that this is part of the reason I’m moving towards writing a sequel to This Book Does Not Exist while simultaneously exploring the possibility of broadening the source material into other forms of media, like television.

Taking this one step further, I decided to serialize the sequel to TBDNE, entitled TBDNE 2: New Ghosts To Chase,as a means of increasing my footprint, meaning that I can come out with new material every couple of months instead of waiting, say, a year between books. When you're already famous, over saturation can be a terrible strategy; but when you're trying to expand your fan base and show the world that you belong, it may be a necessity, particularly in  (see: mixtape era Lil' Wayne)

[thisbookdoesnotexist]

THIS BOOK DOES NOT EXIST 2: NEW GHOSTS TO CHASE

Well, I went and did it. I wrote a sequel to This Book Does Not Exist. More specifically, I wrote part one of the sequel, as I'm serializing the project, offering new installments every two to three months. The plan - right now at least - is to do five parts, although that could change, as could the timing of all of this since being a working writer necessitates juggling multiple projects simultaneously. But when I say I'm going to do something I do it; no need to worry that it won't get finished. 

For $.99 you can buy Part I of TBDNE 2: New Ghosts To Chase here. If you're a member of Amazon Prime you can borrow it for free. Part I is about 21K words long, or roughly 38% of the length of the original. 

***Spoilers regarding TBDNE follow***

The story of TBDNE 2 concerns Mike's struggle to overcome the loss of Naomi and the start of his search for new love. Concurrently, we follow a mysterious unidentified girl who discovers the Door after breaking up with her boyfriend. Her name: the girl. Part I even features a chapter written by Geppetto. And most important it explains why Naomi failed to get on the plane to Los Angeles, and how come she didn't show up at the movies after destroying the Door, two questions, I know, that a lot of people wished had been answered in the first book!

As always, I welcome your encouragement, discouragement, reviews, nudes... okay, not nudes, that was a joke, but everything else I'm deeply serious about. Your feedback will influence me as I write the rest of the parts of the book. You have the power to change what I write next!

With appreciation and love,

Mike