Chris Sims writes about Harley Quinn, Batman: The Animated Series, and the problem with getting Harley wrong. “See, that’s the tragedy of Harley Quinn, the thing that makes her so compelling underneath all the bright, poppy cheer. She’s in love with someone who will never, ever love her […]
Jason Pargin (aka, David Wong) and Jack O’Brien talk about the very precise plot conventions of big Hollywood movies and how they shape our expectations in watching films on the Cracked podcast.
At The Toast, author Sarah Rees Brennan writes about promoting one’s work and sexism. And author Malinda Lo writes a companion piece about promoting one’s work, being out as a Queer author, heterosexism, homophobia and sexism.
Author P.D. James shares ten writing tips. “I love situations where people are thrown together in unwelcome proximity, where all kinds of reprehensible emotions can bubble up.”
Ursula Le Guin talks about blurbs: “The trouble is, these days, that any moderately successful author who ever blurbed a book is at this very moment being approached by other authors and probably some editors — and not two or three of them a month, the way it […]
Nitrate Diva is hosting a Vincent Price Blogathon celebrating the career of Price, who died 20 years ago this week. See all the posts from participants here. The Gutter’s own Carol wrote a piece on The Raven (1963) and you can read that here.
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