Books on writing

Why Stephen King Should Be Your New Content Hero

Stephen King, "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft", Content Hero

I’m not exactly what you would call a big Stephen King fan. Yeah, I’ve read a few of his novels over the years — most notably 11/22/63, his fantastic 860-pager about the JFK assassination — but the types of horror and science fiction books he’s best known for generally don’t blow my skirt up. Still, when a friend encouraged me to check out one of his nonfiction pieces called “On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft,” I was intrigued. (more…)