Willow ,'Lessons'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
It's Rice's insistence that Editing Is Bad For Her Art that makes me ill.
Which is something I've never heard King espouse (if you read ON WRITING, he pretty much says just the opposite, in fact). That he ISN'T being edited vigorously is a whole other issue.
Short interview with Jennifer Crusie on Powells.com.
King gets snippy about the critics saying his books are too long (especially in the intro of his short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes), but his ire seems to be reserved for the critics rather than the editorial process itself.
Well I'm picking up my library held copy of King's The Dark Tower (Book 7) today. I'm a bit chagrined that when I heard he was in that terrible accident, the first thing I worried about was that he'd never finish the series.
Whaaa? Dark Tower #7 is available now? Really??? Oh, I'll have to run out and get that one stat. I was immeasurably relieved that the accident didn't prevent King from finishing his big ole opus, which I have enjoyed quite a bit. Big Steve's prose might well benefit from some editorial pruning, but at least he's not a snot about his Great Talent a la Anne Rice. When he's writing about himself I find him to be refreshingly like someone I'd want to have a beer with.
If anything, King can be a bit TMI.
I love King's non-fiction, especially the biographical stuff. I first read his story about his son's Little League team in the New Yorker. Great stuff.
If anything, King can be a bit TMI.
Yeah, but you gotta admire a mega-best-selling author who sheepishly admits that he doesn't even remember writing certain books because he was gone on drugs at the time. I was amazed to find out about some of that stuff, because he was constantly making other types of perfectly coherent public appearences at the time.
Personal confession - King was a college friend of a couple of my sisters, so I have a real soft spot for the big guy. I've met him once or twice, and he's a hella nice guy. Plus, he's made a major effort to remain a local boy, and done tons of good works for Bangor (especially the public library and little league).
Plus? Rabid Red Sox fan.
Plus? Rabid Red Sox fan.
He used to shave or not shave depending on whether it was baseball season or not. I can't remember which way for which though though.