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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner....

9/7/2015

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The question posed by Romance Writers Weekly for the Tuesday Blog Hop was given my choice of any authors in the world living or deceased, who would I have over for dinner...
Well, my choice would be Stephen King...probably sounds unusual coming out of a romance writer, right?  Sure, if I were given the choice of inviting a whole smattering over for a dinner party, then there would be a whole list which would include Nora Roberts, Jayne Krentz, Lisa Jackson, John Gresham...etc.  But I don't get to have a dinner party this time so Stephen King it is!
I would love to sit at the dinner table and let him regale me with his stories of growing up, how he comes up with his characters, how does he sleep at night without having nightmares...or is it the nightmares that give him his ideas...?  I want to know if an article that I read many years ago that said that he was afraid to go in his own cellar is a true statement and if so, why?  Does he believe in ghosts or demons?  What was it like working with John Mellencamp on the musical The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County?  Which I unfortunately didn't get to see when it came to Fort Wayne, Indiana...dammit!  
I want to know what his wife is like and whether they ever collaborate on stories and is his house haunted.  What does he do in his free time and why does he always do a cameo when one of his books are turned into a screenplay.  Was that his idea or someone else's? If he wasn't writing, what would he be doing and will he someday decide that there are no stories left and go into retirement as a reclusive author that eventually goes mad because his stories haunt him or his muse comes alive and does unspeakable things.
I want to thank him for writing the book On Writing because it was my fortieth birthday present from a person that is very dear to me. Had I not read the book and realized that everyone gets rejections and sometime artists have to sustain poverty before they make it to the big list in the New York Times, probably would still be sitting here going crazy with all these book ideas chasing around in my mind.  I never would have taken the chance to write a whole novel, submitted it to agents who then sent me numerous rejection letters, and then decided that by damn...I'm going to see my name on the cover of a book if it's the last thing that I do!  And I did...as a self-published author...and who cares if the money ever comes...I'm doing what I enjoy doing!

For more blog stories about who is coming to dinner, head over and check out my fellow Romance Writers Weekly author at her blog Carrie Elks http://carrieelks.com/blog/
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Tracey Gee
9/8/2015 01:49:57 pm

Great pic! I see Stephen would be gracing a few tables this week. Money is over-rated. I say that because I'm not even at the level of self-pub. :)

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Teresa Keefer
9/8/2015 06:42:38 pm

His book was a great inspiration! And he's so interesting!

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Mikki Cober link
9/8/2015 06:38:31 pm

Great post Teresa. Interesting facts about Stephen King - I wasn't aware of most of them. Maybe his cameo appearances mimic Alfred Hitchcock who did the same type of cameo walk-ons in his movies. Just a thought...

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Teresa Keefer
9/8/2015 06:44:19 pm

I love his books and I have the soundtrack and play in a collectors version...and I highly recommend his autobiography for anyone who wants to be an author!

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Carolyn Spear
9/8/2015 07:13:55 pm

Ah, Stephen King is a popular fellow. Such a talented author gives this overly imaginative girl nightmares. He's too good.

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