Your Privacy, My Policy - Privacy Policy Explained

Hello everyone, 

I just want to update everyone on a few changes around the website and upcoming projects. On the website, I made one significant change: Outlining the privacy policy.

To avoid any long-winded, technical talk about privacy laws, I'll keep it simple: Your privacy is important and your information you provide me is NOT sold. 

The information you provide me is limited to what you find on the email/newsletter form: Name and email. I kept it pretty simple. However, there is some information I do receive from you when you come onto my website. 

I do receive some location information, IP address, and devices a visitor uses on this site through analytics provided by Squarespace and/or Google Analytics. The information I receive doesn't mean I know where you live and who you are. I don't have government access to spy systems and listening devices. 

The only information I receive is the information you freely give me. With this great responsibility, I do my best to protect the information you provide. I don't sell it to third-parties for financial gain or marketing improvements. I use the information to provide better service to you.

That being said, a third-party may get access to your information when you use their platforms, systems, or plugins. For example, if you bought a book on Amazon via PayPal from my book link. Amazon and PayPal would have your information in that situation.

To know what they take and learn more about Squarespace's cookie policy on your device(s), please review my privacy policy under third party or Squarespace's privacy policy.

Now with the boring stuff out of the way, upcoming projects! I wish I could say I have a lot of projects, but I don't...at least not finished anyway. I did finish a screenplay that I submitted to a contest (fingers crossed it does well) and I've been working on a few short stories. My goal is, by summer's end, to have one story done. 

I know, not much of an update, but it's all I got.

There will be another blog post this week and I will outline a few of the projects in more detail.

Also, if you haven't had time yet, check out Solo: A Star Wars Story. It's way better than people think! 

-J.J. 

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.