Stephen King to do an AMA on Reddit June 20th

[EvaH]

I just noticed that he's scheduled to do an AMA on June 20th at 4:15 pm edt.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/

[johnsmith87]

Wow, this should be great.

[EvaH]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1gqzn2/i_am_stephen_king_novelist_executive_producer_on/

[CyberGhostface]

Fuck, just found out now.

[Bev Vincent]

This link distills out his answers. Click "context" below one to see the question. http://www.reddit.com/user/stephenkinghere

[CaliMark]

I have never gotten how to keep up with live AMA's trying to read thur the transcript now...

[mikeC]

This was good. Thanks for lettting us this was out there.
I believe if you click this link you can follow Q then A instead of clicking on context, for ever one.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1gqzn2/i_am_stephen_king_novelist_executive_producer_on/

[CyberGhostface]

Interesting that Lisey's Story is his favorite novel. I didn't ask him it but I was wondering if he'd ever write a novel just about Flagg, so I am a little bit disappointed that he said he wouldn't (although I understand his reasoning).

[Randall Flagg]

Interesting that Lisey's Story is his favorite novel. I didn't ask him it but I was wondering if he'd ever write a novel just about Flagg, so I am a little bit disappointed that he said he wouldn't (although I understand his reasoning).
He also said that Rose Madder might be the novel to be "unpublished". Mostly because it didn't meet with much acceptance (sales).

[herbertwest]

It kinda of works via hotspot shield (which uses US IPs to navigate online)... but I doesnt seem to be able to watch the video? :s
Download the software here >>> http://www.hotspotshield.com/

[Ben Staad]

I'm fixing to click the link but I'm curious what an AMA is and what exactly is Reddit. <hangs head in shame>

[Bev Vincent]

AMA = Ask Me Anything. Reddit looks like a web page that was created in about 1996!

[Ben Staad]

AMA = Ask Me Anything. Reddit looks like a web page that was created in about 1996!

Thanks. I will eventually read through the reddit page thing but to be truthful I am not enamored by the site or format.

[subie09lega]

I didn't like the format and gave up trying to read through it. I like a little more organization and just found it annoying.



AMA = Ask Me Anything. Reddit looks like a web page that was created in about 1996!

Thanks. I will eventually read through the reddit page thing but to be truthful I am not enamored by the site or format.

[Bev Vincent]

That's why I preferred the link that listed only King's answers (http://www.reddit.com/user/stephenkinghere) -- it helped filter out all the noise.

[mae]

Saddened by the Rose Madder comment. I love that novel.

[subie09lega]

I've read that comment a couple times and wondered how he meant it. It almost sounds like, even though it wasn't very successful, he'd still publish it. Am I alone with this one?

If I were to "unpublish" a novel...hmmm. There are some I'd probably rewrite, but unpublished? Probably not even ROSE MADDER, which has always seemed less than successful to me.


Saddened by the Rose Madder comment. I love that novel.

[TwistedNadine]

Very much appreciated the links, especially the Overview one that Bev posted. That site is not particularly friendly and without that link I would have given up completely.
The comment I found most humorous (theres always some bonehead who has to ask the question ha ha):

–]bobfromholland
Where do you get your ideas from?
[–]stephenkinghere[S]
A little used idea shop in Pittsburgh. You sell them your soul, they give you ideas. :-)

Thought it was kinda cool that King commented on Liseys Story being his favorite and Rose Madder "seemed less than successful"
Though I dont agree Liseys Story is his best I really liked it event tho a lot of others didnt, and I thought Rose Madder was crap.

[Bev Vincent]

I've read that comment a couple times and wondered how he meant it. It almost sounds like, even though it wasn't very successful, he'd still publish it. Am I alone with this one?

If I were to "unpublish" a novel...hmmm. There are some I'd probably rewrite, but unpublished? Probably not even ROSE MADDER, which has always seemed less than successful to me.


Saddened by the Rose Madder comment. I love that novel.

From "On Writing" --


I have written plotted novels, but the results, in books like Insomnia and Rose Madder, have not been particularly inspiring. These are (much as I hate to admit it) stiff, trying-too-hard novels.

[Brice]

I thought redddit was annoying before now. What an amazingly cumbersome and awkward layout they have.

[ChristineB]

I do not agree with him about Rose Madder, I loved it, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[subie09lega]

I've not read Rose Madder nor Insomnia so it will be interesting to see how I feel about them.

[mae]

Again, loved Rose Madder. Insomnia, on the other hand, blew my mind. One of my favorites. Maybe because I read it before The Dark Tower.

[Brice]

So I muddled through it and about dude (I'm sure it was a troll, but it caught me off guard) mixing up stephen king and stephen HAWking. :orely: