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Richard Chizmar Reading Carrie In His Office

Richard Chizmar was caught reading on the job today. For the record, he’s on page 145 of 199:

Richard Chizmar Reading Carrie

This would be a great time for you to join in and read along! You can order an eBook and start right now, and Carrie won’t take you long to finish. Here are some links:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

After Carrie, Rich will be reading ‘Salem’s Lot and posting his thoughts by Thanksgiving here in the US. Here are the eBook store links if you want to snag a copy of Stephen King’s classic small town vampire novel:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

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Stephen King Revisited Reading Schedule for Carrie and ‘Salem’s Lot

Since a lot of readers have asked, here is Richard’s upcoming reading schedule:

He will be reading Carrie and posting his thoughts next week.  If you’d like to read along, you could order an eBook and start right away, it won’t take long!  Here are some store links:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

He’ll then be reading ‘Salem’s Lot and posting his thoughts by Thanksgiving here in the US. Here are the eBook store links if you want to snag a copy now to read along:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

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How Carrie Happened by Bev Vincent

By 1973, Stephen King had been writing for twenty years and had been publishing short stories for over a decade. He had already embarked on his long road to the Dark Tower. However, he had yet to crack into print with a novel, even though he had written over half a dozen[1].

King had established contact with an editor at Doubleday named Bill Thompson who saw promise in his writing. Getting It On (aka Rage) and The Long Walk had piqued Thompson’s interest, but even after extensive rewrites the editor couldn’t justify acquiring either, and he showed little interest in The Running Man.

King was living with his wife, Tabitha, and two kids in a doublewide trailer in Hermon, Maine, just outside Bangor. He had recently given up his $1.60 an hour job at a commercial laundry (immortalized in “The Mangler”) for a $6400 a year position teaching high school at the Hampden Academy, a job that left him with little spare time or energy. Tabitha was working at Dunkin’ Donuts and he moonlighted at the New Franklin Laundry during summer vacation. If not for his wife’s support and encouragement, he might have given up on writing. » Read more

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