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pastimes at home, 135

wintering in Florida, 219

writing as family business, 149, 185

King, Stephen, writing career

awards, 184, 223–24, 234–35

“borrowing” in, 120

collaboration with Tabby tried, but not possible, 215–16

creative process, 196

daily routines, 93, 181, 215

early stories, sold to schoolmates, 26–27

early writing ambition, 16, 18

first writing, encouraged by mother, 13–14

flow of work, 240

fueled by alcohol and drugs, SK believed, 158–59

guest editor stints, 237–38

interviews, 100

method of starting novels and using materials, 122

not knowing how a story will turn out, 187

not listening to editors or the critics, 154

not researching or outlining in advance, 5–6, 111

not sure if he could write again, after his accident, 206

pseudonyms, 83–84, 86, 137–39

publisher’s fear of saturating the market with his name, 83

retirement announcements and hints, 143, 152, 200, 220–22, 226, 231

SK’s own explanation of source of plots, 79–80, 106

as sportswriter, 35

stereotyped as a horror writer, 75

success of, SK’s opining on, 140

views on horror genre, 82

volume of writing, 2–3

work methods, 233

writer’s block sometimes experienced, 155, 180

writing pursuit as child, 13–14, 23–25, 32–33, 44

King, Stephen, writings

articles in magazines and newspapers, 222

autobiographical intent, SK’s denial of, 82, 191–92, 213

on bestseller lists, 77, 115–16, 143, 188, 221, 240, 242

“Big Mac and fries” self-description, 240

books in print, 4

characters’ appearance rarely described, 147

criticisms of, 154

new focus, not strictly horror, 196

nonfiction, 187

psychic motives of, 123–24

quality suffering because of accelerated publication schedules, 125

readership, decline in recent years, 196, 221, 240

reviews of, 124, 155, 184, 231–32

seriousness of, in SK’s opinion, 242

SK’s own explanations of, 84–85, 88

King, William R. (grandfather), 9

Kingdom Hospital (miniseries), 209, 223

Kingsolver, Barbara, 171

Kobritz, Richard, 99–100, 125–26

Kooper, Al, 172, 178

Koster, Elaine, 83–84, 137

Kubrick, Stanley, 105–6, 193–94

Ku Klux Klan, 53

Kurt Barlow character, 100

LaGrande, Leanora (SK’s daughter-in-law), 226

Land of Enchantment publisher, 131

“The Langoliers” (story), 163

The Langoliers (TV movie), 184

Laurie, Piper, 82

Leave It to Beaver, 78

leftists, SK’s view of, 48

Lennon, John, 108–9, 170

Leonard, Stephanie, 152, 161

Lester, Mark, 132

Levesque, Noreen, 93

Lewiston, Maine, 20, 36, 91, 203

Libby, Winthrop, 49, 51

liberals, SK’s view of, 48

library books, 163–64

“The Library Policeman,” 163

Lightfoot, Stephen, 170

limited-edition books, 107, 114, 130, 131, 135–36, 161–62, 189–90, 211

Lindelof, Damon, 233

Lisbon Falls, Maine, 31, 39, 91, 99

Lisbon High School, 31–32, 34–39

senior class trip to New York City, 37–38

Lisbon Weekly Enterprise (newspaper), 35, 125

“Lisey and the Madman,” 225

Lisey’s Story, 225, 229–32, 240

Literary Guild, 86, 138

literature

as alive and dangerous, 47

Dead White Men type, 43

popular, prejudice against, 224

SK’s preference for popular fiction, 41, 43

SK’s scorn for literary grants, 61

Little, Bentley, 202

Little, Brown, 116

Little League, 164, 169–70

Little Shop of Horrors (musical), 211

lobster, 27, 53

Lobsterland, Bangor, Maine, 53

“The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill,” 117

Long, Frank Belknap, 81

The Long Walk (Bachman book), 60, 86, 137, 140

publication of, 98–99

“The Long Walk” (story), 41–42

Lord of the Flies (Golding), 99

Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), 55

Loukaitis, Barry, 194

Lovecraft, H. P., 28

MacDonald, John D., 20, 43, 44, 140, 217

MacLeod, George, 43–46, 50, 51, 70, 75, 119–20, 214, 240

Mad magazine, 15

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 95, 116, 238

Magistrale, Tony, 136–37, 144, 200–201, 223, 242

Maine, 90, 91, 100–102, 167

winters in, 195

Maine Campus (college newspaper)

SK’s column in, 47–51

SK’s other contributions to, 46, 51, 58

Maine Christian Civic League, 149

Maine Life magazine, 127

Maine National Guard, 212

Malden, Mass., 11

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV show), 33

The Mangler (movie), 184

“The Mangler” (story), 64–65, 86

“The Man in the Black Suit,” 182–83, 184

Mansfield, Dave, 170

Manson, Charles, 51

Manuel, Richard, 137

marriage

SK’s fidelity in, 121

SK’s view of, 169

as story theme, 230–31

Marsh, Dave, 173

Marston haunted house, 36

Marvel Comics, 149, 226–27, 233

Maslin, Janet, 208

Maximum Overdrive (movie), 6, 140–42

McBain, Ed, 20

McCarthy, Eugene, 42

McCauley, Kirby, 81, 89, 97, 122–23, 137, 138, 143, 160, 188, 239

McDowell, Michael, 232

McGrath, Chip, 164, 182

McPherson, Diane, 50

McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, 225

Meadville Lombard Theological School, 212, 228

Mellencamp, John, 240–41

men’s magazines, SK’s writing for, 55, 60–61, 63–66, 68, 70–71, 85–86, 98

menstruation, 65–66

Methodists, 19–20

Mexico, Maine, 6, 74

Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude, 173, 177

Miller, Dennis, 2

Million Dollar Movie (TV series), 16

miniseries, SK’s, 163

Misery (book), 148, 152–53, 155, 206

Misery (play), 230

The Mist, 239

The Mist (movie), 239

Moldow, Susan, 191, 209, 221–22, 229

money, SK’s attitude toward, 91, 127, 143

monsters, 145–46

buried inside most men, SK believes, 124

Moth (magazine), 49

movie rights, 74

abuses of, 174–76

granted by SK for nonprofit use, 116

movies

SK’ early viewing of, 16–17, 20, 46

SK’s directing of, 140–42

Muller, Frank, 236

Murray, Bill, 126

music, SK’s taste in, 22, 35–36, 49, 129, 217, 223

My Pretty Pony, 161

Mysterious Bookshop, 114–15

Mysterious Press, 114, 116

Mystery Writers of America, 234–35

NA, 159, 167

Nancy Drew books, 20

Nannuzzi, Armando, 141

Nation, Terry, Survivors, 80

National Book Foundation, 223–24

Needful Things (book), 166–67

Needful Things (movie), 176

netLibrary, 211

New American Library (NAL), 73–74, 83–84, 86, 89, 138, 143, 160, 190

New Englanders, emotional control of, 16

New Franklin Laundry, 59, 61, 64–65, 67

New Gloucester, Maine, 74

New Line Cinema, 175

Newton, Huey, 48

New York City, 37, 199

stories based in, 134–35

New Yorker magazine, 164, 182–83, 242

New York Times, 155, 188

Nicholson, Jack, 106

nightmares, 16, 18–19

Nightmares and Dreamscapes (collection), 177

Nightmares in the Sky (commentary by SK), 160

Night of the Living Dead (movie), 46, 117

Night Shift (collection), 86, 98

Nodd’s Ridge, Maine (fictional), 186