Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing

King, Stephen / Peter Straub, intro.

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ISBN 10: 0739480316 ISBN 13: 9780739480311

Published by Book-of-the Month Club, 2000

Language: English

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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing

Publisher

Book-of-the Month Club

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0739480316

ISBN 13

9780739480311

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Hard Cover

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...Exclusive Book-Of-The-Month-Club anthology of hard to find non-fiction pieces, little known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows" - or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom...'Included in this collection are unpublished early fiction( very early; King was 12 when he wrote "Jumper" and"Rush Call"; a pre-Carrie article with tips for selling stories to men's magazines ("The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story"); advice to his son on writing ( with the look-twice title "Great Hookers I Have Known"); recommendations to teen readers in a 'Seventeen' article ("What Stephen King Does For Love"); a long chapter from his wonderful treatise on the horror genre ("Horror Fiction" from Danse Macabre); and even a first-time-in-print short story,"In The Deathroom"(just for fun).

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