Just in case you haven't seen this: Car rams gate at Stephen King's home

Now that's some rotten luck for the person who ran into the gate.  Sorry to hear about the damage SK, thankfully no one was hurt.    Read article here.

Stephen King Reads From His Book "On Writing" And Answers Questions

Stephen King: The 'Craft' Of Writing Horror Stories
Just found this audio clip from Jul 2, 2010 from previous interviews.

25 minute audio clip talking about his accident and Gerald's Game

(First time I have heard this audio.)

Stephen King Picks The Next 50 Semi-Finalists

Stephen's Empire

The next 50 posts were picked but they weren't shown in Flash like last time.  Earlier it had been posted that the entries would run from numbers 401-800 but the cut-off looks like it was well past 800.  The final entry was number 885.  So, I am unsure where the actual cut-off was...maybe 900? You will need to go through all the posts and find out what post numbers belonged to yours or just to see who the Semi-Finalists were.  (I have 4 entries now in total!!!!)  The Road King sign is not one of my entries but found it to use as a visual next to this post on Amazon.com. lol

http://www.stephenking.com/forums/showthread.php/18659-Semi-Finalists/page6 see post # 52 for 1-50


Confirmed post numbers 401-900 were judged in this round.

For the 1 Year Anniversary my 13 year old son is posing this Question of the Day #53: What do you think Stephen King should write a book about?

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My son said, "That tunnel."  This is called the Fort McHenry Tunnel going into Baltimore, Stephen King rode through this to get to the Baltimore book signing.  Hope he writes this one, scary-looking huh?  If you missed this video listen when SK talks about this tunnel in one of my other blog posts.  I agree with my son's choice, that tunnel. 

Happy 1 Year Anniversary All Things Stephen King!!

Happy Anniversary Happy Anniversary  Happy Anniversary Happy Anniversary

It has been 1 year today since the start of All Things Stephen King.  When looking at the date it dawned on me that one whole year has passed already.  Yahoo!  I've enjoyed researching, blogging, and passing on information about Stephen King so much throughout the past year and the plans are to continue forth in the future. My hopes are that this blog has served you well throughout the past year and hope to serve you in the future.

The New Yorker Festival with King

ADVANCE TICKETS SOLD OUT!!!  There will still be a limited number of tickets for sale at the door.
Here's a chance to see the master again. 
Stephen King will be on a panel discussion (Oct. 2, 2010) about vampires in popular culture at The 11th Annual New Yorker Festival. The festival runs from Oct 1 thru Oct 3, 2010.  Tickets will be available beginning September 10, 2010.  When more information is available it will be passed on.

New Yorker Festival Announces Lineup full article



You can purchase tickets at their ticketing site The Vampire Revival, or by phone at 800-440-6974. Pricing is $30.00 per ticket with a $5.00 fee per ticket.

Highest-paid Authors

About a week ago in Forbes Magazine this article was released with King (duh) as one of the highest-paid authors. 

List Includes:

1.  James Patterson  with a whopping $70 million last year in earnings.
2.  Stephanie Meyer earned $40 million.
3.  Stephen King @ $34 million.
4.  Danielle Steel made $32 million.
5.  Ken Follet (British author) with  $20 million banked.

For the article which is an interesting read:   http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/19/patterson-meyer-king-business-media-highest-paid-authors.html (not sure if the link works but if you highlight and paste in the address bar that should work ) also see on same page click through to Top Ten w/photos.

Full Dark, No Stars audio version with Craig Wasson and Jessica Hecht

The audiobook for Full Dark, No Stars will be read by the same person that read Blockade Billy Craig Wasson (credits listed on IMDb) and Jessica Hecht (her credits on IMDb and a Tony Award nominee for the Broadway show A View From The Bridge official website).  The audio version will be released at the same time as the book.

Simon and Schuster releases excerpt of Full Dark, No Stars

Read the Excerpt for A Good Marriage through Simon and Schuster

Here's An Article I Wanted To Pass On....

After reading this story I knew I had to pass it along.  Even though Gospel and Blues aren't my favorite types of music, I felt that because someone was taking King's words and putting them to music I had to blog about it.  If you remember in Bag Of Bones, the singer Sarah was singing a song throughout the story.  Nicole Christian, a Toronto Blues singer and huge King fan, took what King began and wrote a song based on the lyrics he provided in the book.  She named the song Barn Dance which can be heard at the end of the article (link provided below).  I loved hearing his words set to music.  Her story came full circle, except I have to wonder if King will influence her life or work any more than he already has?  What did you think about this story?  Please let me know what you thought of it. 

Article:  King Takes a Shining To Toronto Blues Singer on thestar.com

Samples of Nicole Christian's work on YouTube Channel

Nicole Christian's myspace page

Nicole Christian's Facebook page

FEAR net has photos of the 'The Boogeyman' and we have the trailer.

For sketches of The Boogeyman and a small write-up about the upcoming movie visit FEAR net.

NPR National Public Radio Lists Top 100 Killer Thrillers

Stephen King had 6 novels, count them 6, chosen out of 600 novels with over 17,000 ballots cast.  Here I listed the results for Stephen King.  One of the authors whose books Stephen King reads religiously,  Lee Child got a few nods.  For the full article and  to find out the other 94 novels on the list visit NPR.

# 7.    The Shining
# 12.  The Stand
# 22.  IT
# 37.  Salem's Lot
#44.   Pet Sematary
#45.   Dead Zone

A Few Photos Of "The King"

Devoted Pics has about 14 images of Stephen King, some of which I hadn't seen before.

Full Dark, No Stars Gets 4 out of 5 Roses From One Reviewer

Looks as though Rosebud Book Reviews gives Full Dark, No Stars  a thumbs up.  Sounds to me like you will be on the edge of your seat with the victim/perpetrator scenes which were also presented in The Gingerbread Girl which I liked very much.  I found myself actually holding my breath at times.  It will be interesting to see how the stories in Full Dark, No Stars compare to The Gingerbread Girl.  Click here for full review. 

Stephen King Picked The First 50 Entries For Stephen's Empire

Read this tongue-in-cheek letter written to all of Stephen King's loyal subjects here about the Semi-Final Entries that were chosen. (Click and scroll down to read the Letter from Stephen)  I am so stoked because 2 of my submissions were chosen for the first 50 entries. Whoo hoo!  There was one photo posted today that was so funny Pho King Way. (Check this one out #596 .)

Semi-Finalists photo submissions click here

9 Year Old Raising Money to Honor His Grandmother

If you live near Bangor, Maine, you may want to check out this 9 year old's raffle and book sale.  This young man is such an inspiration.  Way to go!

A raffle for a Limited Edition Signed Numbered Black House (link to article) only 1,000 tickets @ $5.00 each will be sold in Bangor, Maine. (If the book is in mint condition it is valued at around $350.00-$425.00.)