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Spideyman

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Hello Everybody:)

I first discovered Stephen King's work over 27 yrs ago, at the age of 15, with the book Misery. Blown away, this piece of literature taught me that horror can have substance, and although I didn't realize it at the time, it was a very strong catalyst to me later becoming an author.

Over the yrs I've seen a lot of change in the world, including how the internet has made life for authors both harder and easier, the former being especially true when it comes to trying to get published as well as trying to get your favorite author to blurb one of your books, as the market has now become so saturated.

I specialize in novellas, which I've been told is yet another obstacle, but as a writer, I have to stay true to my strengths and passion. One of these novellas, The Mirrored Staircase, is a dramatic horror story that I would love my literary hero Stephen King to read and blurb, as I feel it's a story he would enjoy. Of course there are countless authors out there who would love to get a blurb by Mr. King, so why should I be any different? Well, despite the odds, there's a little thing called hope, and so I use this opportunity to reach out, and if my birthday stars happen to be alignment in a couple of days, on the 4th, who knows...? More miraculous things have happened, right?

Well, that's my Stephen King story, in brief anyway. If anyone has any suggestions on how I can accomplish this bucketlist wish, I'd greatly appreciate it:)

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GNTLGNT

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Rico Lamoureux

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Sorry to have to tell you what you're probably expecting to hear, but it's highly unlikely to happen because he already has a blurb request bookcase that is full of books and not enough time to get to all of them with all of his other commitments. If you still want to take the chance with no promises given, let me know and I'll send you the office address by private message.

Thank you, that would be greatly appreciated!
If I focused on the odds of things I would never accomplish anything:)
 

firemonkey66

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Hello everybody, I've been a SK fan since I was a little kid. Back then his writing would scare me, then at night I would have trouble sleeping and nightmares, but then I'd get up the next morning and keep reading (in the safety of the daytime)! Now that I'm older, I have gotten into SK collecting, which brought me to TDT.org, which in turn has led me here. Cheers!
 

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Hello everybody, I've been a SK fan since I was a little kid. Back then his writing would scare me, then at night I would have trouble sleeping and nightmares, but then I'd get up the next morning and keep reading (in the safety of the daytime)! Now that I'm older, I have gotten into SK collecting, which brought me to TDT.org, which in turn has led me here. Cheers!
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