onestar.jpg

Photo by Alan Baxter

I notice a lot of discussions centered around the importance of reviews. Are they or aren’t they?

One author told me they don’t ever read reviews of any kind about any book, especially reviews of their own books, and they are not convinced they’re of any importance or have any impact on a book’s sale-ability. That might be true for that author, but personally I don't think it's an accurate assessment of reviews in general. 

seasonal_women.jpg

Women in Horror Month (or WiHM) came to a close on February 29th, and that means we'll be due to talk about the ladies of fright again on February 1st, 2021. 

Or, let's just keep talking about them now, on into March, then April, then May, June, July, and so on. I'd go so far as to say we should just talk about women horror authors all year round.

invisible-3843385_1920.png

No, not your absent father. No, not your spouse when you’re looking for someone to sweep out the garage with you. I’m talking men who are not visible because of some accident, experiment, magic, or science. Although I guess your father could be absent because of an accident...

You know what? Let’s leave the topic of runaway fathers alone. Let’s focus on a different set of jerks: invisible men in literature.

emmacleverposter.png

As I walked down a New York City street toward the Angelika Film Center & Cafe in the cold of winter, my friend and I chatted about our expectations for EMMA., the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, directed by Autumn de Wilde and starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

“It’s definitely trying to do something,” we concluded. “It’s got a vibe.” We just couldn’t figure out what that something was, and more importantly, whether we would like it.

zen_morning_pages.png

Original images via Pexels

I’ve lost count how long I’ve been writing Morning Pages. I think I started in 2009, but maybe it was 2010. Either way, I’ve been writing a few pages every day for around a decade now.