I was on this email discussion list called Writers Unite, which actually has little in the way of stimulating discussion (I was considering unsubscribing but never got around to it), and, last weekend, the list owner decided in her divine authority to sign all her list members up for some other list she ran, called Horror Writers. As a former fanatic reader of horror writers like Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Clive Barker, and Brian Lumley, I tolerated this, even though it bothered me a bit that someone would sign me up for a list without my permission.

The discussion on the new list is very mediocre, containing at best a few insightful comments and at worse (and as usual) a whole bunch of inside jokes and gags. There is also much bragging, as many of the writers and editors on the list sound well-published. Still, I find myself glancing at the messages at least briefly before deleting them and last night was no exception.

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