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That is like, way-cool~
I've had a few exes that I wish had had this fantastic accessory.</buttload of hads>
HAD.
I have only recently joined this message board, and I feel like I've had so many questions answered. I got hooked on Mr. King in high school, drawn in by the fact that he would prelude his chapters or stories (please forgive any misused writer type jargon I may spew out) with phrases from some of my favorite songs. As I got older and went to pharmacy school, I started to pick up on King's references to prescription drug use, of all types (Eddie Kasbrack's fake inhaler, for instance) and my love for music, books, (and, yes, drugs-but not BAD drugs lol) came together in almost every King novel. Especially loved that he played the pharmacist in "Thinner". I have spent so much of my life writing chemical formulas that my grasp of the English language and proprieties used in writing have dwindled to caveman style communication.
I have recently been given an opportunity to change that. I am specializing in addiction medicine, and always suspected that Mr. King might be in recovery, but it never mattered enough to me to find out the truth. I crossed over to that dark side myself in 2006, going to treatment for a sleeping pill addiction. So of COURSE the titles "Insomnia" and "Dr. Sleep" attracted me like a laser. I've starting exploring his themes of prescription drug use in today's popular culture from a recovery standpoint for a thesis. "Revival", to me, sounds like a dream come true. I gush unashamedly...the whole addiction, rock and roll, religion theme has been explored before right? But not with Mr. King's style...and not with a preacher that looks like Joel Osteen (in my mind anyway)
I have recently been given an opportunity to change that. I am specializing in addiction medicine, and always suspected that Mr. King might be in recovery, but it never mattered enough to me to find out the truth. I crossed over to that dark side myself in 2006, going to treatment for a sleeping pill addiction. So of COURSE the titles "Insomnia" and "Dr. Sleep" attracted me like a laser. I've starting exploring his themes of prescription drug use in today's popular culture from a recovery standpoint for a thesis. "Revival", to me, sounds like a dream come true. I gush unashamedly...the whole addiction, rock and roll, religion theme has been explored before right? But not with Mr. King's style...and not with a preacher that looks like Joel Osteen (in my mind anyway)
He writes about his real-life struggles with addiction in his book On Writing. The book is partly a how-to for aspiring writers and part memoir so even those who aren't interested in the writing fundamentals have enjoyed reading it. You might give it a try some time if you haven't already.
Welcome to the Board!
P.S. My younger daughter just graduated with her PhD in Pharmacy last spring and is licensed in Maine and Massachusetts. I can appreciate how tough your field of education is.
Welcome to the Board!
P.S. My younger daughter just graduated with her PhD in Pharmacy last spring and is licensed in Maine and Massachusetts. I can appreciate how tough your field of education is.
He writes about his real-life struggles with addiction in his book On Writing. The book is partly a how-to for aspiring writers and part memoir so even those who aren't interested in the writing fundamentals have enjoyed reading it. You might give it a try some time if you haven't already.
Welcome to the Board!
P.S. My younger daughter just graduated with her PhD in Pharmacy last spring and is licensed in Maine and Massachusetts. I can appreciate how tough your field of education is.
Thank you for your response. Yes, I am currently reading On Writing..but have only gotten as far as Mr King's poison ivy story, which far surpasses any of my favorite customer poison ivy stories over the years, including a recent compound I made for a gentleman who got drunk, went into the woods, stripped, and rolled around in what appeared to be some type of...ummm...parasite. Cant wait to see what happens next.
p.s.-I also forgot to mention my bordering on maniacal fear of spiders, which Mr. King always seems to uncannily touch upon.
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That looks painful. We don't want you suffering...so, just tell us. You'll feel much better.
You can include me in that group. I did a bit of writing for myself in my teens and twenties. But never planned on being a writer...it was more my personal therapy.
But I really enjoyed On Writing.
Mr. King's prolificity is one of the reasons he has had so many loyal fans for so long! This might be why JD Salinger doesn't have a message board...
...with Wesson Oil...
That is wicked creepy @Angelo Bottigliero -
I like this one better
That's a stitch too far for me. *shiver*
Thanks! Good to know. I know it's gonna be a good one! Well, they all are but still, lol.
Welcome, you're post is very insightful. Stick around, best place to hang out online.
I like this one better
Oh hell nawh~ And I mean that nicely . . .
That looks painful. We don't want you suffering...so, just tell us. You'll feel much better.
Nice try AnnaMarie~
This picture makes me so sad.I like this one better
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I like this one better
This reminds me of one of Mr. King's books. Wasn't it in "Salem's Lot" that someone had their tongue cut out and then their mouth stitched up? I read it so long ago so I am not sure if it was that particular book or not. (But I think it was a guy, not a woman).