Crimson Peak was such a sweet, bloody lark. Hokey (especially the dialogue … oh, the dialogue), sumptuous, predictable but fun. Well-designed, well-acted despite the silly plot … I think it's a perfectly done chick flick, a poison Valentine to Anne Radcliffe and her ilk, a viscous, visceral gothic romance on the first…

Katie, I usually trust you, but what the heck does "reassuringly Caucasian" mean? Is his mother Rachel Dolezal? Is there racial angst over the concept of heaven?

Ichabod, dear, step away from the lady before she takes it in her head to dissect you.

That sounds like reverse Bowfinger …

Thanks!

Is that good or bad or just "what did I just read"?

I have no stories, and I want no stories, so I made up my own story, which isn't as cool.

Not sure it's a fave, but the one I remember most (other than the Vulture one and the love potion one) has Joey Pants as a two-bit prestidigitator in two-bit sideshow & circus, who has somehow acquired the extra lives of the cat he killed, and uses his regenerative powers to kill & revive himself on-stage for fame,…

Oh, and I just wrote a story for the thread below about ghost stories. Let's see if it's too long to post!

I would say … try not to lean too hard in on the "once she sees my letter, my letter, I'll feel better". It could be true. But it may not necessarily be true. You feel what you feel and it's still pretty soon and while I understand the impulse to get things off your set and start setting boundaries … yeah, continue…

I find that entire Soulless series fun, but I haven't picked up anything else by Gail Carriger - yet.

No … is it a Richard Matheson or Robert Bloch tale?

My steampunk persona already has a needlessly complicated backstory, involving West African shapeshifters caught in the European slave trade, the Moulin Rouge & Bakunin's exile from Imperial Russia.

Wait, really??

Smart mom.

So, I've set up my Amazon account to do Kindle Publishing and while figuring out how to avoid putting my legal name on my fiction (both smut and non-smut), I've set up a sole proprietorship with a fictitious name.

Have you plotted it yet or are you a pantser (i.e. writing by the seat of your pants)?

If it's technically her blog - start short, but throw in the option for longer pieces as test cases now and then.

The Twilight Zone ep with Billy Mumy as Anthony, the kid take controls reality. Particularly the transformation of the ranting man at the birthday party before being sent to the cornfield … *shudder*

Nah, don't risk spoiling others. I'm more interested to know if you thought the ending worked/found it satisfying. Because I'm one of those people who froth at the mouth over Stephenson's endings.