Latest
Why Rotten Tomatoes Sucks: The Score Does Not Mean What You ThinkWhy Amazon KDP Sucks: They Terminated My Account OvernightIngramSpark: How I Publish Now and WhyWhy Fiverr Sucks for Ghostwriting: The Buyer’s SideWhy eBay Sucks Now: A Seller’s Numbers and a Buyer’s WarningThe Ghost Story TraditionThe Gothic TraditionThe Christmas Ghost Story TraditionBooks to Give a WriterResurrection as a Narrative StructureThe Beach Read ArgumentWhy It’s a Wonderful Life Failed on ReleaseWhat to Read in SpringWhat to Read in SummerWhat to Read in OctoberHow Warner Bros. Dismantled a $17 Billion Cartoon EmpireThe Imaginary Scarcity TrapThe Graph That Goes Vertical Is Usually Somebody Else’sSubstack Is Not Collapsing. The Promise Was.The Disasters That Happen to Ordinary PeopleToba: The Winter That Almost Ended UsJay Stifflemire: Nothing Ever Gets Written DownGeorgie-Ann Getton: I Forgot I Had Free WillAI Detection Cannot Be Evidence, and Publishing Is Using It That WayAI Consciousness Left Philosophy and Entered the LaboratoryThe Office Block Where the Bedrooms AreBlack Tuesday: The Web Ring War Nobody Outside It NoticedThe Web Got Fenced: What AI Search Costs Small SitesWhat the AI Visibility Industry Sells, and What the Evidence SaysBlack Tuesday: The Original ring-master.net Page, 2000Behind the Book: Peacekeeper, The Dissolution WarsBehind the Book: Publish Your BookBehind the Book: Real World SurvivalBehind the Book: ReincarnationBehind the Book: Sell Your BooksBehind the Book: Selling on eBayBehind the Book: Show Don’t TellBehind the Book: Street-Smart Management WisdomBehind the Book: Stuck in the MiddleBehind the Book: The ADHD MarketerBehind the Book: Suddenly UnemployedBehind the Book: The Blonde With a Violin TattooBehind the Book: The Blog-to-Book BlueprintBehind the Book: The Day Your Website DiedBehind the Book: The Death of ThinkingBehind the Book: The Emasculation of AmericaBehind the Book: The Ethical WorkplaceBehind the Book: The Ghostwriting AdvantageBehind the Book: The Gig EconomyBehind the Book: The Villainization of America
The Writing King Your Ethical Ghostwriter. Your Story, Done Right.

Actor: Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen was cast as Aragorn days before shooting began, replacing another actor, and reportedly carried his sword everywhere during production to become comfortable with it.

Eastern Promises brought a nomination for a fight sequence performed naked in a bathhouse, and A History of Violence and Green Book brought two more. He is a published poet, painter and photographer, speaks several languages, and runs a small press.

Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen sit in a 1960s car during their journey through the American South. TITLE: Green BookLinda Cardellini

Green Book (2018) Review

Green Book (2018) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Two excellent performances inside a road film about a Black concert pianist and his white driver on a 1962 southern tour, which beat Roma for Best Picture and…

READ MORE »

Al Pacino as Carlito Brigante in a scene from the 1993 crime film, likely showing him in a tense moment.Al Pacino

Carlito’s Way (1993) Review

Carlito's Way (1993) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. De Palma tells you Carlito dies in the first ninety seconds and then makes you hope for two and a half hours that he will not. Sean Penn…

READ MORE »

The Prophecy (1995) film posterChristopher Walken

The Prophecy (1995) Review

The Prophecy is one of the most underappreciated theological horror films of the 1990s and one of Christopher Walken's most committed performances. It grossed approximately sixteen million dollars in its initial theatrical release on a production budget of approximately eight…

READ MORE »

The Lord of the Rings film posterAndy Serkis

The Lord of the Rings Review

Peter Jackson's three films, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, are the best fantasy adaptation ever made and among the best films ever made in the genre. The extended editions are the…

READ MORE »

The Writing King

Professional ghostwriting for executives, founders, coaches, and authors who want to get the book done right. 113+ books authored. 54+ ghostwritten for clients.

Books & Reviews

Services

Resources

Get In Touch

Ready to discuss your book?

BOOK YOUR PRIVATE CONSULTATION

No pitch. No pressure.

Or follow Richard's work

© 2026 Richard Lowe. The Writing King. All rights reserved.

PrivacyTermsRefund PolicySitemapContact