When I was three, my mother gave me one of the best gifts anyone has ever given me. That gift was the ability to learn to read. This gift opened up the world of stories and books, allowing me to enter it on my own, without needing someone to take me there. And in …
Several authors, aspiring and otherwise, have cited Stephen King’s On Writing as required reading for anyone who is serious about writing as a career. I’m not so sure I agree. To be sure, On Writing lives up to its subtitle A Memoir of the Craft quite well. King traces his development as a writer and …