New Website!

Did you notice anything different today? Probably the vastly changed layout right? Well, I wanted to improve the layout of the website to make it easier for you to navigate and so here it is! Now you can find my blog, newsletter, and short stories on the top navigation bar.

Yes, you read that right. Short stories. I have one short story currently getting published and will be released on October 1st, 2017. You can still pre-order on Amazon to get your Paperback copy! I also added a free short story section. Last year I had a limited release of the Halloween story and I thought it would be nice to simply put it back on the website for everyone. I hope to add more free short stories in the future, but my focus is to get more published in anthologies, magazines, etc. It helps to get stories out to larger audiences and share with people I may not otherwise be able to reach through Twitter and my website alone.

Super excited to have a fresh, new layout, but I want to know what you think? Do you like it? Anything I need to improve or change?

Please let me know in the comments below so I can make the best possible website for all of you!

-J.J.

What's with the changes?

As some of you may have noticed, there have been a few changes to the site. After the writing conference, I thought about the website and what I wanted to be present on the site. When you pull up the site, you usually saw my first initials and my last name. That's fine, but I felt it was like I was hiding from you. Sure, you can find my name in the About section, but who looks there...right?

So, I put my name out there so there would be no confusion. My name is Jonathan Lahr and I am a writer. Was that too AAA for everyone? Anyway, I digress...

I want to bring all of you quality content, but I feel like every Friday comes around and the content I bring to the table is not enough. Not researched enough or not enough finesse or something.

My goal is to bring you quality content, but I would really like to know: What do you want to see?

I want to keep it in the realm of comics, yet I am not afraid of keeping up with pop culture from time to time. I think a good example of that would have been a review of the new Lego Batman movie (if you haven't gone, I highly recommend it by the way).

GIFs are cinegraphs, except less Spider-man #probably

Maybe you want to see GIF's of comic book character, cinegraphs, a unique monthly comic (I don't have great skills though), simple reviews of comic books, or just blog about my life. Not that spectacular, but its something.

All of these ideas and more I am fine with and I will be coming up with some ideas myself, but I would love some input. What is something you would like to see that you don't see on other comic book blogs? Or blogs in general?

So, please leave your thoughts in the comments section below and I will probably do what you suggest (within reason).

Anyways, I hope to come back in a week or two with some new, fresh content for all of you.

-J.J.

Super Short Post - Story Update

Just a super fast update about the story. I am still in the process of determining where to put the story, but I have found a few options. Below is the list of publication platforms:

Research is harder than writing...sometimes.

• Booksie.com
• StoryWrite.com
• Wattpad.com
• Reddit
• or finally, the website

The last option is a free e-book for everyone, not just newsletter subscribers. That would take a bit longer to do as I would have to figure out how to make one. If people want me to do this option, it may take me a little longer to get it ready.

I would really like to publish it to a place where it is easy for everyone to view and still be able to post feedback on the story (what you liked, what you didn't like, how you would have done it better, etc.). I have never wrote a horror story before (unless you consider atrocious writing to be a horror story, then I have written many) and getting some feedback would also be great learning experience.

The decision comes down to you! Please let me know in the comments or on twitter about which option you would like me to do. I will be taking comments until Thursday, October 20th.

Until next week, keep writing everyone! - J.J.