Stephen King
Exclusive Book-of-the-Month-Club anthology of hard to find non-fiction pieces, little known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"â€”or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom...,Included in this collection are unpublished early fiction (very early; King was 12 when he wrote "Jumper" and "Rush Call"); a pre-,Carrie, article with tips for selling stories to men's magazines ("The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story"); advice to his son on writing (with the look-twice title "Great Hookers I Have Known"); recommendations to teen readers in a ,Seventeen, article ("What Stephen King Does for Love"); a long chapter from his wonderful treatise on the horror genre ("Horror Fiction" from ,Danse Macabre,); and even a first-time-in-print short story, "In the Deathroom" (just for fun). With an introduction by Peter Straub.
Nonfiction,Language,Writing,Horror,Short Stories,Writing,Essays,Anthologies,Criticism,Literary Criticism,Thriller,Biography,Autobiography,Memoir
Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing