Stephen King Question and Answer session

I have "The Stand" by Stephen King on hold at a used book store. I'm picking it up this upcoming week. In an effort to keep my excitement at bay (or maybe feed my excitement?) about getting my hands on this book, I've been watching Stephen King interviews on YouTube.com. There is always a great nugget of wisdom in a King interview. He give up the goods, straight. Very cool.

Books I have read by Stephen King: 

1. Carrie (read this in junior high school, a thrilling Y.A. novel.) 
2. The Green Mile (bought the chap books as they were published from a local corner store, great experience! Couldn't wait for the next one to come out). 
3. Dolores Claiborne (first time I felt a movie was as good as the book, loved both). 
4. On Writing (if you're even thinking of writing a letter to a friend, you should read this book first, can still close my eyes and see the bunny =^..^=). 
5. Lisey's Story (loved the paranormal-romantic cadence of this book). 
6. The Dome (first book I read on my iPhone, felt like a kid staying up late, reading under the covers).

Guess there is still a lot of reading to do. After "The Stand" which book would you recommend?

Stephen King talking with Bibliostar.TV about writing short stories

I was in a used bookstore today and the lady who runs it mentioned that she is a big fan of Stephen King and she has read a lot of his work but not everything, he is such a prolific writer, it almost feels like he writes faster than a many people can read. He knows the craft of writing from a through z, I love watching videos where he talks about the craft of writing and his life. Hope you enjoy this one.

The reason you shouldn't talk about your story until you've written your story

Derek Sivers' TED talk

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Kurt Vonnegut on How to Write a Short Story (Creative Writing 101)

1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel time was wasted.
2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.
5. Start as close to the end as possible.
6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them—in order that the reader may see what they are made of.
7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.
8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.

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Written? Kitten!

Short post because I gotta get back to my words, and the pictures of cute kitties. =^..^=