Tonia’s Reviews > On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft > Status Update

“It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters.”

Cackling hard at this take about writing classes and distraction free writing retreats.

So so good. From talking about themes, to how he writes and edits his stories, to story-driven work.

Really enjoy learning about his writing g process in more detail. I’d heard bits before but his mind is fucking fascinating.

“If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or another, I guess I’ll be all right as long as there’s a lending library (if there is it’s probably stocked with nothing but novels by Danielle Steel and Chicken Soup books, ha-ha, joke’s on you, Steve).”

Reading about his first experience with someone editing his work, his mom’s job working with a mangler, his thoughts on the horror movie genre, his mill experience being eerily close to Graveyard Shift.

And the love he and Tabby seem to show for each other is inspiring.

Already seeing some of his childhood experiences mirrored in places like Derry and stories like Gramma.

Decided to start the 4th year of this constant reader quest with some non-fiction inspiration from the King himself.