Achieving Happiness
A while ago, my step-father looked at my husband and I with an envious eye and pronounced the words that still resonate in my mind: “Guys, I like you, but […]
Let’s See Where Our Musical Interludes Take Us, Shall We?
Music is Life. Without music, I wouldn’t be alive anymore. I know; that sounds a bit dramatic. (Un)fortunately, it’s both dramatic and true. Yes, music saved my life. Music is […]
M3GAN, by director Gerard Johnstone and screenwriter Akela Cooper
I spy with my little eye something evil. I spy with my little eye something creepy. I spy with my little eye something funny. Congrats, you guessed right: a new […]
How to Slay Emotional Vampires… and Embrace 2023!
There it is. A new year. Yay. After everything that happened in the world during 2020, 2021, and 2022 (I still can’t believe it’s been THIS long…), let’s be honest; […]
Writing a Horror Novel: Expectations vs Reality
I sometimes get the one question that amuses me the most: – Hey! Agnès, tell me, how is it to be a horror writer? – You mean, a fiction writer? […]
Heartbroken
Last week has been one of the hardest moments of my life: my family and I lost our little Didi. Didi was my parents’ mini schnauzer and my furry baby […]
Hygiene and the Assassin, by Amélie Nothomb
Sweep the bookcase that surrounds my Victorian living room with your eyes and then, you know. J’aime Amélie Nothomb. Her dark, charismatic characters, whom I always imagine brown-haired, pale, taciturn. […]
Some Resolutions to Support my Writing Career
As is well known to all, a new year is synonymous with “resolutions”; according to tradition, I like to write them, and I also like to break them…! So, […]
Le Manoir Opens its Doors!
What a joy to be able to tell you that one of my dearest dreams has come true: I launched my own discussion forum! Le Manoir’s true purpose The avowed […]
10 Weird Facts About Me
What a funny week! My husband is celebrating his 26th birthday today (yay!) and we spent last night chatting about the reasons we fell in love with each other. I […]
NaNoWriMo 2021
No room for hesitation, Monday November 1, 2021, when the NaNoWriMo has opened its doors! If you’re not familiar with this acronym that has become famous on social media, the […]
Being Agnès Maelström
An idea for a post appeared to me while watching Being John Malkovich by Spike Jonze. The director’s first feature film, the movie was released in 1999 and, with the […]
My Commitments: The Quill in the Service of the Victims
The committed writer knows that words are action. He knows that to reveal is to change and one can reveal only by planning to change. He has given up the […]
My Debut Novel
It is with great emotion that I take up my pen today to share an exceptional moment… For the first time, I can say: I did it. My debut novel […]
Musically Yours
A somewhat peculiar article since it will not deal with writing, but with another artistic form: music! Before being a writer, I’m a musician; besides, isn’t literature music? However, […]
