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Stephen King likes to start the conversation and so the horror author began asking questions before TIME's Gilbert Cruz could take a seat to interview him in New York City. But Cruz soon took over. Excerpts:
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Prior to his retirement King wrote daily, exempting only Christmas, the Fourth of July, and his birthday. He enjoys working on two things simultaneously, beginning his day early with a two-or three-mile walk: "What I'm working on in the morning is what I'm working on," he said in a panel discussion at the 1980 World Fantasy Convention, reprinted in Bare Bones. He devoted his afternoon hours to rewriting. Despite chronic headaches, occasional insomnia, and even a fear of writer's block, he continued produced six pages daily; "And that's like engraved in stone," he told Joyce Lynch Dewes Moore in Mystery. Despite retiring, the author did not see much reduction in his writing time.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On Monday, November 12, 2007, Paltalk and Dimension Films offered online viewers access to an exclusive press conference with best-selling horror and fantasy author, Stephen King. Through Paltalk's interactive video platform, PaltalkScene, Dimension Films was able to offer King's fans the ability to view and participate in a live press conference in New York City, where he discussed the upcoming film adaptation of his 1980 novella The Mist. Thousands of viewers logged on to a special edition of Paltalk's original series Hollywood Now with Joanne Colan, and were able to interact with King, film director Frank Darabont, host Colan and each other live through voice, video, and text chat.
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[B]eing honored at the Edgar Awards is international bestselling author and master of suspense, Stephen King. King will receive the coveted Grand Master Award: the highest award bestowed on an individual by the Mystery Writers of America. The Edgar Awards, or ‘Edgars,’ as they are commonly known, are named after Mystery Writers of America's patron saint Edgar Allan Poe and are awarded to authors of distinguished work in various categories. The Edgar Awards Banquet will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC, on April 26, 2007." [End of MWA PR]
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Just prior to announcing his retirement, King produced On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, which serves as both a writer's manual and autobiography. In addition to King's advice on crafting fiction, the author chronicles his childhood, his rise to fame, his struggles with addiction, and the horrific accident that almost ended his life. "King's writing about his own alcoholism and cocaine abuse," noted John Mark Eberhart in the Kansas City Star, "is among the best and most hon-
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