Anyone know when that site will be updated again? The last post appears to be on Cujo, back in August. Will Mr. Chizmar maybe update it soon with several essays published at once?
Stephen King Revisited project
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Thanks, Bev. Really enjoying them.
Like, how about RIGHT NOW? (My essay, not Rich's but his will be coming along soon)
Love the work you all have been doing over there. I'm a few novels behind, but I'm catching up quickly!
I hate to ask again, but what is the current status of "Stephen King Revisited?" Mr. Chizmar's last essay was back in the beginning of June.
This is definitely a tough project to do, obviously. However, he may want to think on doing it in a different manner; there has to be a way to speed this up. I'm wondering -- could he do it as a podcast? Would talking about the books make it easier to do? I assume he wants to put all of his essays together into a book, so doing it in the current form is better from that perspective -- i.e., at the end of the journey, he has a marketable product with which to sell. Unfortunately, there's just something wrong with the pacing; believe me, I hate to be critical on this, because I have loved reading his essays.
Maybe he could combine the that-was-then/now parts of the essay in a shorter piece. Eliminate some of the favorites in that section? I don't know. Maybe he could skim the books? That would defeat the whole concept.
There's no shame too in maybe stopping for a while to figure out another method (maybe that's what's happening). It really is a great idea but it's funny, imagine having to re-read all the Tower books, but this time with the pressure of something akin to a homework assignment, a commitment? It could be that this was a tougher thing to do than at first glance. Still, I respect what he is doing with this, and will continue to read any more essays that are posted, whenever that might be.
This is definitely a tough project to do, obviously. However, he may want to think on doing it in a different manner; there has to be a way to speed this up. I'm wondering -- could he do it as a podcast? Would talking about the books make it easier to do? I assume he wants to put all of his essays together into a book, so doing it in the current form is better from that perspective -- i.e., at the end of the journey, he has a marketable product with which to sell. Unfortunately, there's just something wrong with the pacing; believe me, I hate to be critical on this, because I have loved reading his essays.
Maybe he could combine the that-was-then/now parts of the essay in a shorter piece. Eliminate some of the favorites in that section? I don't know. Maybe he could skim the books? That would defeat the whole concept.
There's no shame too in maybe stopping for a while to figure out another method (maybe that's what's happening). It really is a great idea but it's funny, imagine having to re-read all the Tower books, but this time with the pressure of something akin to a homework assignment, a commitment? It could be that this was a tougher thing to do than at first glance. Still, I respect what he is doing with this, and will continue to read any more essays that are posted, whenever that might be.
We're getting ready to tackle The Talisman. My essay is ready to go and Rich is writing his.