I’d forgotten how nice Sundays can be when you’re not hugging the toilet and begging for death to come quickly ☀️👌🙏
Richie: “WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!”
Eddie: “I DON’T FUCKING KNOW!!!”
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Recommendations
Wooo recommendations! Considerably easier than gift giving, if I do say so myself. Also I don’t have to spend money.
- If you liked Horns by Joe Hill, you should try IT by Stephen King because, not only are they just genuinely all round good books, but they both have a very unique style to them, and fit in very well in the horror genre. Excellent writing skills definitely runs in that family.
- If you liked Graceling by Kristin Cashore, you should try the Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling. They both have high fantasy elements, and have very strong characters with good world building and character development. Nightrunner also features bisexual characters, the first I’ve seen in fantasy, which is awesome.
- If you liked Warm Bodies by Isaac Marrion, you should try Feed by Mira Grant (as well as the TV show In The Flesh). Both books and ITF revolve around the undead and all have unique takes on the whole Zombie storyline, which I love. ITF is relatively easy to find online, but I’d recommend buying the DVD’s to support the show so it’s renewed for a third season (but don’t let that put you off- the first two season are brilliant!)
So there it is! My recommendations!
I had to talk about zombies somehow, which meant I had to mention ITF (probably my favourite show of 2014), and Feed (currently reading it and I’m loving it!)
- stephen king: goodnight son
- son: goodnight dad
- stephen king: do you want to hear a bedtime story?
- son: no-
- stephen king: there once was an old man-
- son: NO DAD IT'S FINE OKAY BYE
Idk what stephen king’s intentions were when he killed stan uris but uh I think he’d be proud that 3 decades later a bunch of teenagers are really pissed
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
Stephen King (via quotes-shape-us)
People also have an amazingly exaggerated idea of what authors make. Stephen King and Neil Gaiman aside, most of us are living book to book and spending a lot of time figuring out new things to do with canned vegetables.
The average advance for a first genre novel is $5,000. I got incredibly lucky with Rosemary and Rue, and got $15,000 for it. That seems like so much money OMG. I was over the moon to get so much money. But it’s not “hey thanks, here’s your $15,000 check.” It’s “here is 1/3 on signing, 1/3 on delivery, and 1/3 on publication.” Which means really, it can take up to two years (if you’re traditionally published) to get fully paid.
All that money is taxed at 1/3, because it’s self-employment income. So that huge $15,000 check is really $10,000, spread out over two years. And you need to sell at least 30,000 copies before you’ll get any more money (called “royalties”), as the first $15,000 in profit is used to pay back your advance.
Putting out an average of three books a year, it still took me five years to be able to quit my day job. Not so I could move into a mansion: so I could eat more ramen, but actually start sleeping again.
some economics of publishing for writers, from Seanan McGuire in this post about literary piracy and its effects. (via peggylives)
thebookhangover asked:
alrightey there love, hit me up with some horror? :)
iprefertoread answered:
I got you boo, what do you want???
- The Troop by Nick Cutter - parasites
- Feed by Mira Grant - Zooooooommmmbiiieeeesss
- Bird Box by Josh Malerman - I don’t really know? Mystery assailant? Ha
- It by Stephen King - Demon, not a clown.
- Hater by David Moody - Zooooooommmmbiiieeeesss
- The Merciless by Danielle Vega - more gory than horror, but, eh, still fun
And books that I need to read, I’m behind I know and I’m supposed to be the “horror book blog” xD *SLACKER*
- The Deep by Nick Cutter - Scifi, don’t really know yet!
- The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey - zombies? Supernatural? Both I hope.
- Salems Lot, The Shinning, and Pet Sematary by Stephen King - anything really by him. He’s not a scary writer per say and he focuses more on his characters!
- Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry - Zooooooommmmbiiieeeesss
- Parasite by Mira Grant - well, parasites
- The Necromancer’s House by Christopher Buehlman - Necromancers?
- Undead by Kirsty McKay - Zooooooommmmbiiieeeesss
- The Three by Sarah Lotz - I don’t even know, sounds creepy!
- The Fury by Alexander Gordon Smith - idk, zombies?
- and Penpal by Dathan Auerbach - I have no idea. None. I’ve heard things though.
I’ll add on when I can think of/find more worth checking out/maybe
purrrrfect. thanks my sweet ;)
So You Want To Try Stephen King?
…but don’t know where to start because he’s written an inhuman number of books? Here’s a handy guide!
Are you into long, fantasy series, and/or westerns?
Check out the Dark Tower series! It’s a 7 [or 8 if you count the 4.5 book he added in later] book series which is just brilliant. You may be put off by the first book, which he wrote when he was 19 and is very different to the others, but persist and it’s worth it!
Do you want to see the famous ones that were turned into movies?
The most notable ones are IT, The Shining, Pet Sematary, Misery, Carrie, and the Mist. In terms of similarity between the books and the movies, the most accurate ones are Misery and Carrie [which recently had a remake if you can’t stand that 80s hair]. Cujo gets an honourable mention, as does the Dead Zone and Under the Dome, which had TV series based on them. 11/22/63 is getting a miniseries soon too!
Do you want to read all the books related to Castle Rock and its inhabitants?
These are the Dead Zone, Cujo, the Dark Half, and Needful Things. Many other books and novellas by King refer to Castle Rock, but these are the main 4 set in it featuring recurring characters such as Alan Pangborn.
Do you want to read all the books set in Derry?
These are IT, Insomnia, Bag of Bones, Dreamcatcher, and 11/22/63 [for part of it]. Again, many other King stories refer to Derry.
Do you want to read really long books that are worth it every step of the way?
Check out the Stand, Needful Things, IT, and the Dark Half. I wasn’t the greatest fan of Under the Dome but it’s another behemoth.
Not into horror but want to try King out anyway?
Check out 11/22/63, The Green Mile, Mr Mercedes [and its sequel, Finders Keepers], Rose Madder, Duma Key, and Dolores Claiborne.
Into short stories?
Check out Different Seasons, Everything’s Eventual, Four past Midnight, Full Dark No Stars, Hearts in Atlantis, Just After Sunset, Night Shift, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and Skeleton Crew.
Want a quick read that’s still a novel?
Try Carrie, the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Joyland, and the Colorado Kid.
Want a great, typical Stephen King book that you mightn’t have heard of before?
Check out From a Buick 8, the Dark Half, Needful Things, and Insomnia.
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