 It's all 19. All paths follow the beam. Roland Deschain. Eddie Dean. Susannah Dean. Jake Chambers. Oy. A Ka-tet if there ever was one! When the dark tower series ended I cried for the second time (the first was in Wizard and Glass for reasons I wish not to write down in case there are some fans who have not yet finished Mr. King's magnum opus). Now I find myself crying for a third (well . . . okay, not really crying, but rejoicing). Finally, after so long of a wait, Stephen King has blessed all his fans with a new Dark Tower novel called The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel. Like Wizard and Glass, The Wind Through the Keyhole is a journey into Roland’s troubled past where he recounts not one story but two! A story within a story! Starting from when his father sent him to investigate the tale of a villainous shape-shifter and transitioning to the legend of Tim Stoutheart as he recounts that story to sooth the boy (Bill Streeter) who has just witnessed the villainous shape-shifter’s last slaughter. I cannot tell you how exited I am to read this new novel! I first heard tale of it when King spoke at the Times Center in New York city to promote Under The Dome (I had front row center seats to this awesome event!). You can imagine how my ears perked up when this little billy-bumbler heard a new Dark Tower novel was on the horizon! I wanted to confirm this news, so I personally asked Mr. King at the autograph signing in Va, where he received the George Mason award. Mr. King confirmed that there will indeed be a new Dark Tower novel. Well, that’s hardly news today, right? Because Amazon.com has announced that it will be released April 24th.  My group in line for the signing King also spoke of revisiting another one of his novels. For those of you who remember Danny Torrence as the little clairvoyant boy, well, get ready to visit him again in his older years as he helps terminally ill patients pass into that other realm. The novel is titled Dr. Sleep, and I can personally vouch that from the excerpt Mr. King read at the Mason Award ceremony it's going to be another one of his gems. It really does seem like this man was put on earth for one thing. And as Mr. King has attested to, it is to write! It's great news to hear that there are a lot of great new King novels on the horizon. Don't miss out! I know I sure won't! 1 Comment The best part about being in Indie author is that I have nobody to answer to but myself! I decided that Luke's Situation needed a facelift. I hope everyone like's the new cover! Let me know what you think! Hey everyone, Rule one: If you want to be a good writer, you have to be a good reader . . . or just a reader in general. And I read A LOT. One of my favorite authors is Christopher Paolini, the creator of Eragon, and I had the pleasure to meet him on November 8th in NYC (Barnes and Noble in Union Square) when he launched the release of the last book in the Inheritance book cycle!  Let's play Where's Waldo. I'm wearing a blue shirt and holding my book up backwards :P (Photo credit: Chris Paolini's phone (almost positive it's his, since he took the same picture and uploaded it to Twitter).  Mr. Paolini is enthusiastic, energetic (he did a cartwheel on stage!), and . . . I can't think of any more "E" words, but in short he's an overall great guy. Signed my book, asked me questions about it, and thanked me for reading. Gerard Doyle, the voice of Paolini's audiobooks, was also in attendance and echoed Paolini's enthusiasm. Amazing day! It's always cool to meet one of your favorite authors and have a positive experience. I hope I can do the same for all those fans who read my books! It’s not often that you get to meet one of your idols. I met one of mine this weekend: Stephen King. I got a news letter not too long ago announcing that he would be receiving the Mason Award in Virginia for the Fall for the Book Festival. It also mentioned that he would be singing books afterwards. Well, when I heard that I SOWISA (a little King humor) and secured two tickets. And along with those tickets . . .  the GOLDEN TICKET which allowed the holder to receive one autograph. I actually had no idea you needed one of these puppies until I got it in the mail. Apparently only 400 out of the 1,500-some-odd fans received them. Guess I got lucky. With that said, I attended the event, met Stephen King, shook his hand, thanked him for being an inspiration, got the first book I ever read of his (The Shining) signed, and called it a day. Did I mention that he read from an upcoming novel called Dr. Sleep, a sequel to The Shining that follows Danny Torrance in the later years of his life? No? Well, he did. And for those of you that want to check it out, here it is: |
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