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  1. Christine62

    Walter Mosley Introduces Stephen King National Book Award 2003

    First time I heard about writer, Walter Mosley was a review of his latest novel, An Easy Rawlins Mystery, Charcoal Joe, on NPR. I was intrigued about this series of Easy Rawlins. It was different, captivating, a world I didn't know. I haven't read the first in the series, Devil In A Blue Dress...
  2. Christine62

    Cookie Jar hits home (Spoilers)

    Cookie Jar is about memories--a recurrent theme in Mr. King's stories. Like, IT, Cookie Jar is about coping with the bitter and the sweet of childhood and adulthood. In IT, the bitter was monstrous: sibling death, abusive fathers and bullies from hell--the sweet was the bonds of...
  3. Christine62

    King compared to Shakespeare? It's about time.

    Misery loves company: why Stephen King remains Hollywood's favorite author | Books | The Guardian
  4. Christine62

    About Writing

    I thought I would start a thread about writing since Mr. King is so generous about educating us about his process. I was listening to a talk of his where he was speaking to writing students and he said, "Listen, you have to look." He was talking about that fly on the wall quality that all great...
  5. Christine62

    What's new with me

    Gosh, I think last time I posted on here, I had lost my job and vowed to do nothing but write from that forward. Well, turns out I still needed time to lick my wounds and then life got in the way but it turn out all good. My daughter recommended that I be of service to others as a sure cure...
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    Writing and Failure...or how I lost my dream job

    A job where they pay you to write 8 hours a day plus benefits--what could be more perfect? Half the writing team had been there 10 plus years, so I thought this was it--this was to be my retirement job. But eight months in...and I've been terminated. I couldn't dot the I's and cross the T's to...
  7. Christine62

    The Subtle Brilliance Of REVIVAL (SPOILERS)

    I've finished Revival a few days ago now and LOVED the beginning but was disappointed at the end--Ants and Spiders, Mr. King? Is that the best you could do? Why don't you throw a clown in there while you're at it? We are socialized in this culture to be destination-seekers. I am the same way...
  8. Christine62

    Very First Impressions

    You know, I wasn't feeling it when I read that Revival was coming out--maybe Mr. King should write his own book blurbs. I was a bit more intrigued about Revival when I heard him compare it to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in the Rolling Stone interview (awesome interview btw!). Well, I just...
  9. Christine62

    A Question For Ms. Mod---

    Any word on the new short story collection?
  10. Christine62

    The Atlantic article :How Stephen King Teaches Writing

    How Stephen King Teaches Writing - The Atlantic
  11. Christine62

    I Got A New Car....I named it Stephen

    I know I've been under a rock lately, so I thought I would crawl out and let you guys know that all is well with the new job. Okay, truthfully, IT'S THE BEST JOB I EVER HAD...PERIOD. And to put a cherry on it, five months early, they offered me to stay permanently, not temporary! Yay! Sure all I...
  12. Christine62

    As God Is My Witness....I will never do this

    I saw this and it just made me sad. I will never ask Mr. King for his autograph. I mean really what is that anyway. It's just his name...over and over. Like a horse putting his hoof down. Of all the things you could wish Stephen King to write for you---and all the tremendous, glorious stories he...
  13. Christine62

    IT'S ABOUT THE LANGUAGE--Best Lines or Passages from Mr. King

    Sometimes I'm listening to a something and the language just makes me stop. The language is so striking that it pulls me out of the story and I have an achy lovesick appreciation how Mr. King wrote that line or that passage. Let's show Mr. King we are not just scary story junkies but admirers of...
  14. Christine62

    Stephen King as dream symbol

    Well, I am in training for this new job and it has a lot of new information systems that have to be learned and gobs of new information. Now, I sailed through my oxygen-depriving heart surgery with no ill effects--I thought. When you are sitting home watching Grey's Anatomy for the 7th time...
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    Okay, I'm done *Possible Spoilers*

    I have kept my copy of Mr. Mercedes audio book so long, the library has it listed as LOST. LOL. I drank it in nice and slow and it didn't disappoint. It's a big winner! Hope they do a decent job with the movie. I didn't warm up to Kermit in the beginning but he grew on me I sat in the hot car...
  16. Christine62

    What's Wrong With That Lady?

    "Mom, what's wrong with that lady?" "What lady?" "The lady in the car next to us." "What's wrong with her?" "I think she is talking to herself." "Could be a bluetooth." "No, she's just saying, YES! YES! YES! and shaking her fist in the air and cackling. It's kinda creeping me out." "Don't...
  17. Christine62

    I Got A Writing Job! Thanks To Stephen King

    One of the things I love about reading Mr. King's work is it always makes me want to write. It's like I am bumbling along here on this strange planet not really sure if I should be here like ET and suddenly I get that phone from HOME. All of a sudden, I am reminded who I am and what my powers...
  18. Christine62

    I Need Help--QUICK!

    I have not read Bag Of Bones (yet!) but the movie is coming on in about a half hour. I am deathly afraid of movie versions of Mr. Kings work because it taints my opinion of the story ie Dead Zone, Christine, The Shining etc. Is Bag of Bones in this category or is it a hidden gem like Shawshank...
  19. Christine62

    Feels Like Coming Home

    Just started listening to Mr. Mercedes audio book after a long self imposed absence from anything SK and all I can say is it feels like coming home. Mr. King, I love you, man. c
  20. Christine62

    Ever Have One Those Dreams?

    Last night I had one of those dreams...maybe God was merciful or maybe He decided I had gone way too long without writing. Or maybe it was the goat stew and pinto beans followed by chocolate cake l ate last night. Anyway I had one of those dreams the kind that you feel to your very core and you...