An evening with the King

[melaniesuzanne]

Friday night I met Stephen King. No, really. blogged_in invited me to a reception and award presentation for Stephen King at George Mason University. It was incredible. As Mr. King mingled through the reception, he walked up to me and extended his hand. I shook it and told him that I first read one of his books at nine years of age. He jokingly grimaced and

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[kass_rants]

That's just awesome!

[montuos]

I don't do horror and have in general avoided his works, but I have known for many years that King has a strong and irreverent sense of humor. He used to be a high school teacher, and wrote a humor article about types of students he had encountered that was utterly hilarious! I'd give a pretty to read that one again...

(A quick Google returns this link about "My High School Horrors" which is probably about the best one can do for [not] finding that online: http://www.stephenking.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-19975.html?s=e955bb1977184bf25592c541c871ed2f]

[beaq]

All hail!

I'm not a horror fan, never have been, but I've always thought King rocked.

[belfebe]

So cool!

[montuos]

Looky what I just found!


Hopefully the embed worked; otherwise, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2CnVM3MjbQ

[melaniesuzanne]

Oh, how cool!!