Like Peter said. I'm not a horror genre fan, because I'm not a fan of being scared out of my wits. Read The Shining as a teenager and couldn't sleep on my own for several months :-) In recent times though, I've started picking at the margins of the genre.
I really liked King's book, *On Writing*. It's a classic. For those who want to check it out, the first part is a memoir which focuses on how he came to write. It also functions as a device for telling his life story. The second part is on how to approach writing. Both are worth it, but those who don't want to read about the writing craft will still appreciate part one. On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 6:00 PM Peter Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never been a King fan (not the writing; the horror genre doesn't > appeal to me), but thanks to a friend who loved his work, I wound up > reading a lot of his introductions, which I liked. So my friend then gave > me a copy of his 'On Writing,' which greatly influenced my own writing > journey. > > On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 5:43 PM Biju Chacko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I stopped reading Stephen King in the mid to late nineties. Though I > > enjoyed his earlier books, I started to feel like he had become so > popular > > that he stopped listening to his editors. The books were getting > > excessively long and tiring. > > > > I recently listened to an interview of him and he seemed interesting. I > was > > wondering if I should revisit the decision. I have less time to read > > nowadays so the opportunity cost is higher. I thought I'd ask for reviews > > before I pick one up. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -- b > > > -- *Get your 'vaccine' from 'fake news', lies, half-truths, manipulated truths, propaganda and general B.S. at my media buddhi newsletter <https://mediabuddhi.substack.com/>.* H R Venkatesh Director, Training and Research, BOOM <https://www.boomlive.in/> John S. Knight Journalism Fellow 2019 <https://jsk.stanford.edu/fellows/class-of-2019/h-r-venkatesh/>, Stanford University Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
