Stephen King’s mansion is becoming a writer’s retreat
Perfect news for spooky season: famed horror writer Stephen King is turning his home in Bangor, Maine into an archive and writer’s retreat. According to Rolling Stone, King and his… Read more »
Arron Banks criticises J.K. Rowling for having a writing room; professional writers criticise him right back
This week, Leave.eu co-founder and UKIP donor Arron Banks accused Harry Potter author J.K Rowling of being ‘pretentious’ after she made reference to her writing room on Twitter. Yes, really. In a tweet from November 28th Rowling stated, in reference to Brexit, that ‘every time I come out… Read more »
Stephen King on why writing short stories is important
Looking for more writing advice? In the spirit of Halloween, here is some wise advice from the master of horror, Stephen King. The author argues a solid point for short fiction writing: it’s great… Read more »
What can ya get for $1? The film rights to a Stephen King short story, apparently
The master of horror is also the master of charity. Stephen King continues a 40-year project of offering film students adaptation rights for some of his short stories for one dollar.… Read more »
Stephen King’s satirical writing advice
Tips from the master of horror.… Read more »
A flood destroys a trove of Stephen King manuscripts and ephemera
Some things are scarier than a Stephen King novel. Gerald Winters, who has spent the last two decades amassing a collection of Stephen King books and manuscripts, suffered a devastating… Read more »
Thousands of Warren Zevon’s personal books are for sale
Warren Zevon, multiple Grammy Award winner and the excitable boy himself, died in September 2003. Over the fifty-six years before that happened, he amassed a collection of books totaling comfortably… Read more »
And lo, it was called Saturday; and it was very good
Hello out there, everybody! First and perhaps most important: congratulations. Another instance of that most bewildering and horrendous of human institutions, the dreaded “week,” has passed, and you, you brave and… Read more »
Stephen King slips “truth serum” into the Snapple teas of six fictional Trump supporters
It’s totally just fiction when novelist Stephen King imagines a panel of Trump supporters based on the “make-believe people always bouncing around in my head,” but one wonders how much of… Read more »
Publishing during wartime, part VIII: Enter the rainmaker?
Over water coolers throughout the book industry, discussion of the Milo Yiannopoulos book deal with Simon and Schuster is still raging. The overwhelming consensus is clear: Shame on Carolyn Reidy… Read more »