Guys, I know you've gotten this a hundred times, but I need to write to Stephen King...
Sorry.
<--- clears throat.
Hi, I'm Scott Terry. Stephen King's novels have been a naughty presence in my life since the sixth grade when I snuck "The Talisman" off my grandmother's shelf without my parents' knowledge or approval. I've been writing just as long, although owing to a gloomy outlook, was convinced to give up fiction for the boring world of academia (with all its citations and passive voice).
I've just read King's "On Writing" however.
I've got a lot to say to him about it and a lot to thank him for. A quick googlin' lead me to these forums and, well, now I feel like just another one of the myriad of cliched, anonymous fan-boys, looking for a quick way to get his address. In my defense, he orders us to write to him. He lays out a formula where a wife hears her husband's menacing footsteps in the hallway. "Now, reverse it!" he says. "Send it in to me."
Well, he wrote that a long time ago. Times have changed. I get that.
I'm thinking I have two options then:
1. I'm curious to know what a forum of King fans will be like, so, maybe, haunt the place for awhile? Make friends? Swap anecdotes? The FAQ says King drops in from time to time, maybe I can catch his ear?
and / or
2. Write my letter and post it here, in the forums, for all to see, including Mr. King, should he stumble on it. I had a few humorous anecdotes of a personal nature I wanted to share, but hell, maybe a forum of King fans would appreciate them as much as he would (if at all)?
I think, maybe, a little of both?