10 reasons to stay and watch the credits... Last night my wife and I watched Titanic with the kids. I haven't seen it in probably 20 years, but remember the movie like the back of my hand. First of all, it's a truly incredible feat of filmmaking, to the day.

How it feels to use an em dash

YOU GUYS. Is it just me, or does the final frame of David Ayers’ FURY (2014) look like a black hole?

Will no one rid me of this turbulent Supreme Court?

These were my June daily drawings. Recognize anyone?

Feeling jazzed to make the short list for Uncharted Mag’s Romance Challenge! Congrats to Amelia M. Burton for the winning story, and many thanks to the editors for digging my story, “Hummingbird Beach.”

Happy Monday everyone. We'll be re-opening Short Fiction soon and upping the word count to 8000 words! Polish your prose and stay tuned!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of the Mile-High MFA Creative Writing Program GRADUATES!!! 🎓🎓🎓🎈🎈🎈 Lauren Dennis, Johnny Dickson, Megan Foley, Melissa Griggs, Danielle Jackson A.C. Koch Confidence Omenai Jordan Cissel-Wyberneit • • @regisuniversity @andrearexilius 📷 Val Killpack

Miranda July on PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002) ❤️ "My favorite part of the movie is when Barry goes to Hawaii. He suddenly realizes he can just go to her, even without the frequent-flier miles. This is also my favorite thing in life: the sudden understanding that you aren’t condemned

Four Mistakes Authores Make When Launchinge a Booke I. Winges on booke not big ynough II. Trebuchet too small III. Booke ys aimed ynto strong windes & flyeth backwarde IV. Inadequate numbir of trumpets playinge when the trebuchet doth hurtle the booke upward ynto the cloudes

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye. Thy tyme ys unquantifiable and ys for beautye, not use.

Writers, mark your calendars! New England Review reopens for submissions in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, & translations in every genre on September 1. We pay our contributors $20 per page, $50 minimum. Familiarize yourself with our guidelines: nereview.com/ner-submission…

STEVEN SPIELBERG is asked a great question about Close Encounters of the Third Kind which blows his mind on Inside The Actors Studio.

I had a blast watching and writing about JT Mollner’s STRANGE DARLING for Spectrum Culture. It’s a twisty-turny trip that looks gorgeous on the big screen. spectrumculture.com/2024/08/22/str…

I had a blast watching and writing about JT Mollner’s STRANGE DARLING. It’s a twisty-turny trip that looks gorgeous on the big screen. I mean

STRANGE DARLING rules, you guys. First it’s twisty, then it’s turny. But don’t take my word for it—in fact, you shouldn’t even be reading this. Erase these words from your mind, go see the movie, then come back and finish reading this tweet. Don’t screw this up. JT Mollner

STRANGE DARLING rules, you guys. First it’s twisty, then it’s turny. But don’t take my word for it—in fact, you shouldn’t even be reading this. Erase these words from your mind, go see the movie, then come back and finish reading this tweet. Don’t screw this up. JT Mollner