Stephen King is rich, important note

[Tiny]

Well, Im going to do this again.

After reading Finders Keepers, I thought of something I
had thought of before. Below is the tinyest of spoilers.
Its not really a spoiler at all, but some people...well..
IDK ...they are silly.

Spoiler

In the book a famous writer has a new book that he's sitting on,
he's either waiting to publish or has choosen not to at all. He tells people he
has this book, the forth in a very successful series. He tells lots of people and
this news gets around...soon it gets to the wrong people.
these people {person} want the book at any cost and the author ends up
dead...because of a book. Its worth money and some want it just because
they are insane-a-fans.
The King book notes how the author should have kept his mouth shut
about this new forth book, It os dangerous to tell people it excists.

for this reason I have come to believe strongly that Our Mr. King has a few tites
that he's hanging on to, sitting on, not speaking of.
Very much like Mike in Bag Of Bones.
Ive always believed this but now im covinced .
Such titles would be worth a dump truck full of money and its not a good
idea to tell folks about them.
He will release these books slowly over time or just let his wife and kids
do it after he's gone to the clearing at the end of the path.

these titles could include a new gunslinger book, Fire Starter 2, 'Salems Lot 2(3)
or any other title you can think of.
the Life Stories of Rhea of the Coos or of "Carrie's Dad".
We may come to find out the Danny, Carrie and Charlie McGee are all related and that
Calvin Tower is also a member of that family.

this is what I spend my time thinking about.

 

[Tiny]

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[Tiny]

the title of this thread should have said Important Note, now I cant fix it.

anyway , Its important to note that Mr. King maybe sitting on some really
important IDEAS , not just manuscripts.
He may have lots of serious ideas for stories that he hasnt written down yet::
the Story of Danny and Abra was just this kind of thing. I believe he had the idea
in his head for years before he set his fingers to his keyboard.

this is bad... he needs to write things down ...fast.
could at leaste write phamplete size stories ..if he has them ...
or just outlines of stories that he coud foward to Ms. Robin Furth.
so that she might write them into full novels some day.

inquiering minds WANT TO KNOW.

 

[Moderator]

I've fixed the title for you although I still don't understand the reference to his being rich.

He doesn't have any completed manuscripts stashed away but does have lots of unwritten ideas. He would probably turn those over to his son Joe if he doesn't get around to writing them at some time in the future or he may decide that if he never got to them they weren't worth pursuing.

 

[carrie's younger brother]

My take on this is this: we all know some of our favorite bands/singers have many recorded songs "in the vault" that don't make it to albums. Sometimes these songs are collected together after a period of time and do get released. Sometimes the artist passes on and the songs are released one at a time or in a compilation. I believe something like this happened with Michael Jackson not too long ago.

Why not authors? I always assumed many established authors had a finished manuscript or 2 stashed away somewhere either because they are not happy with them or because they want them published posthumously.

 

[Kurben]

Hasn't he said somewhere that if you get a good idea it doesn't need writing down. It will come back and haunt you until you start to write the story. If they are of the lesser caliber they don't deserve to be turned into stories because they would be bad ideas and you forget them which is a good criteria of an idea not being good enough. Something like it anyway.

 

[CrimsonKingAH]

Hasn't he said somewhere that if you get a good idea it doesn't need writing down. It will come back and haunt you until you start to write the story. If they are of the lesser caliber they don't deserve to be turned into stories because they would be bad ideas and you forget them which is a good criteria of an idea not being good enough. Something like it anyway.

I remember that from something. But I also remember him saying most writers keep a few in the oven for years when sh*t just happens. lol It's not anything I really care to think about. If he never published another, I love the ones I already have and could happily spend the rest of my years just re-reading those.

 

[BeverleyMarsh]

Hasn't he said somewhere that if you get a good idea it doesn't need writing down. It will come back and haunt you until you start to write the story. If they are of the lesser caliber they don't deserve to be turned into stories because they would be bad ideas and you forget them which is a good criteria of an idea not being good enough. Something like it anyway.

Yes, I rember that, I believe it was in On Writing

 

[blunthead]

Well, Im going to do this again.

After reading Finders Keepers, I thought of something I
had thought of before. Below is the tinyest of spoilers.
Its not really a spoiler at all, but some people...well..
IDK ...they are silly.

Spoiler

In the book a famous writer has a new book that he's sitting on,
he's either waiting to publish or has choosen not to at all. He tells people he
has this book, the forth in a very successful series. He tells lots of people and
this news gets around...soon it gets to the wrong people.
these people {person} want the book at any cost and the author ends up
dead...because of a book. Its worth money and some want it just because
they are insane-a-fans.
The King book notes how the author should have kept his mouth shut
about this new forth book, It os dangerous to tell people it excists.

for this reason I have come to believe strongly that Our Mr. King has a few tites
that he's hanging on to, sitting on, not speaking of.
Very much like Mike in Bag Of Bones.
Ive always believed this but now im covinced .
Such titles would be worth a dump truck full of money and its not a good
idea to tell folks about them.
He will release these books slowly over time or just let his wife and kids
do it after he's gone to the clearing at the end of the path.

these titles could include a new gunslinger book, Fire Starter 2, 'Salems Lot 2(3)
or any other title you can think of.
the Life Stories of Rhea of the Coos or of "Carrie's Dad".
We may come to find out the Danny, Carrie and Charlie McGee are all related and that
Calvin Tower is also a member of that family.

this is what I spend my time thinking about.

It occurs to me why famous authors tend not to leave entire manuscripts behind to help their loved ones out. I think it's because if they don't die unexpectedly then the world will know that they'd held back for the purpose of making their work(s) most valuable. Works published posthumously by certain authors are unfinished or not up to par, an idea the arguable exception to which may be Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman".

 

[Lepplady]

Well, Im going to do this again.

After reading Finders Keepers, I thought of something I
had thought of before. Below is the tinyest of spoilers.
Its not really a spoiler at all, but some people...well..
IDK ...they are silly.

Spoiler

In the book a famous writer has a new book that he's sitting on,
he's either waiting to publish or has choosen not to at all. He tells people he
has this book, the forth in a very successful series. He tells lots of people and
this news gets around...soon it gets to the wrong people.
these people {person} want the book at any cost and the author ends up
dead...because of a book. Its worth money and some want it just because
they are insane-a-fans.
The King book notes how the author should have kept his mouth shut
about this new forth book, It os dangerous to tell people it excists.

for this reason I have come to believe strongly that Our Mr. King has a few tites
that he's hanging on to, sitting on, not speaking of.
Very much like Mike in Bag Of Bones.
Ive always believed this but now im covinced .
Such titles would be worth a dump truck full of money and its not a good
idea to tell folks about them.
He will release these books slowly over time or just let his wife and kids
do it after he's gone to the clearing at the end of the path.

these titles could include a new gunslinger book, Fire Starter 2, 'Salems Lot 2(3)
or any other title you can think of.
the Life Stories of Rhea of the Coos or of "Carrie's Dad".
We may come to find out the Danny, Carrie and Charlie McGee are all related and that
Calvin Tower is also a member of that family.

this is what I spend my time thinking about.

I've fixed the title for you although I still don't understand the reference to his being rich.

He doesn't have any completed manuscripts stashed away but does have lots of unwritten ideas. He would probably turn those over to his son Joe if he doesn't get around to writing them at some time in the future or he may decide that if he never got to them they weren't worth pursuing.

I think he's said as much at some point. That he jots stuff down all the time, puts it in a drawer to let it rest a while, pulls stuff out to throw against the wall and see what sticks (figuratively, of course).
I think he also said somewhere that he can average two books a year, but only publishes one every year (or so), so - while there are no officially finished and impending books awaiting publication - there's no telling what he's got stashed around the house.

Danny, Charlie and Carrie are all related. They're Stephen King's kids, born from his imagination and sent wandering into a cruel and unsuspecting world, much the same way all parents do when it's time to let the kids go.
But I know what you mean. It would be cool to find out that the Lot Six experiments weren't just contained to that one trial.

 

[skimom2]

Hasn't he said somewhere that if you get a good idea it doesn't need writing down. It will come back and haunt you until you start to write the story. If they are of the lesser caliber they don't deserve to be turned into stories because they would be bad ideas and you forget them which is a good criteria of an idea not being good enough. Something like it anyway.

I remember that, too, in answer to a question asked of him about whether he keeps a 'writer's book of ideas' or something like that. Can't remember where I read it, though.

 

[skimom2]

It occurs to me why famous authors tend not to leave entire manuscripts behind to help their loved ones out. I think it's because if they don't die unexpectedly then the world will know that they'd held back for the purpose of making their work(s) most valuable. Works published posthumously by certain authors are unfinished or not up to par, an idea the arguable exception to which may be Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman".

In my experience, if a writer has kept a manuscript back it is because he or she doesn't think it's up to snuff, or because (in the case of a memoir) they want to protect people still living. The thought of keeping something back as a life insurance policy for those you leave behind doesn't ring any bells. It doesn't make sense, because one never knows what will be in vogue in the future, what will sell. A novel written and set aside for later thought or edits...yeah, I get that, because in the process of editing, even years after the initial draft, the writer can't help but write a stronger novel (if he or she has been writing consistently in the interim); it's a function of most skills that you get better with practice.

 

[Philzilla]

Yes, he is very rich. Generationally rich.

 

[Tiny]

Blaze is a good excample of what im saying.

anyway...about King being rich...

Rich folks understand the need NOT to flaunt your money.
its dangerous. Flaunting a book (say Fire starter 2) would be
equally dangerous. In finders-keepers they (King) note how the
older guy in the story should have known better then to tell
a bunch of folks that the book even existed. All most all rich folks
now-a-days are hip to the dangers.

Our Mr. King cetainly knows better then to advertize such a thing
(King is wicked smart IRL) IN OTHER WORDS. King would never
let-on that cerain books are waiting in his draw-trunk-saftyBox-whatever
...it could get him killed

that was why I mentioned that Mr. King was rich and I ment to say
that he is simply smarter then the grumpy guy in the story

 

[Tiny]

Father Callahan came back...Danny came back...there is no reason why
Charlie cant come back . Maybe as a super-Jason Bourn-type AGENT
for the TET corp.
Ace has been around a few times. and maybe his father "pops" could come
back. I personaly dont wanna see Carrie come back (offically dead) but we
could learn of her geneology and how it relates to others through her dad.
(Her dad might be a real peace of work)
Dinky needs to come back in some way.
Carol Gerber, Rhea, Roland's dad Stephen (With Calvin Towers ancestor),
The Tassenbaum Couple (who are really Bill and Madeline Gates)
The` Vermont freind
Trudy Damscus and her shoes.
Kevin the Sundog kid.
Chevin of Chavin
The Girl who loved Tom Gordon and her friend Pepsi
Patrick Danville
ect ecct eccct
(PLEASE EXCUSE spelling)

 

[Dana Jean]

Hasn't he said somewhere that if you get a good idea it doesn't need writing down. It will come back and haunt you until you start to write the story. If they are of the lesser caliber they don't deserve to be turned into stories because they would be bad ideas and you forget them which is a good criteria of an idea not being good enough. Something like it anyway.

Yep, I'm pretty sure it was On Writing.

 

[Kurben]

Yep, I'm pretty sure it was On Writing.

I just knew i had read it somewhere.............

 

[blunthead]

Yes, he is very rich. Generationally rich.

I don't know what you mean by "generationally".

 

[Lepplady]

I'd love to see a book about Charlie's seemingly normal kid, pursued by some shady government agency for reasons that s/he can't begin to fathom. Regular "enemy of the state" type drama. They catch the kid, and I giggle at the idea of what super abilities he's got that he never knew he had (maybe). And I can SEE Drew Barrymore showing up at the end of the movie in a much-anticipated cameo, busting through the wall with a fiery blast, saying "Let my kid go, a$$hole." And not just a cute little fireball lashing out at the bad guy, but a mama-bear nuclear blast that incinerates him on the spot. Nothing left. Gone. I'd pay twice to see it.

 

[Philzilla]

I don't know what you mean by "generationally".

He's rich.
His children are rich.
His grandchildren will be rich(or are rich, I don't know the count there, don't know anything about that) and his great grandchildren will be rich. His wealth exist on a different level. But not JK Rowling's level.