The trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein just dropped! I love the tagline: ONLY MONSTERS PLAY GOD. So exciting.
The book I wrote about the film is available for pre-order.
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Gorgeous! Really looking forward to your book and the movie.
Me too!!
Oh, by the way, I wrote a book :-) Girl! So proud of you and so excited to get my hands on this! Love XOXO
Yes it became available for pre-order last week, I think? Week before? So I finally can talk about it!