Comments on: Thank you, Stephen King. https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/thank-you-stephen-king/ Never underestimate the commercial value of mental illness. Sat, 26 Jul 2025 22:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.3 By: MoJo https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/thank-you-stephen-king/#comment-6610 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:02:40 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=25#comment-6610

I can’t tell you how many rejection letters I’ve gotten that said, “This is great but it’s too romance-y for suspense but not romance-y enough for romance. ::sigh::

Kara, have you had those published? If so, do you think it’s because you suddenly had the “sweet-spot epiphany” or did the industry just catch up to you?

]]> By: Kara Lennox https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/thank-you-stephen-king/#comment-6609 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:49:43 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=25#comment-6609 Great post!

I do the same thing. For a while I read everything I can get my hands on from one author, then burn out and never touch them again. I did it with Tony Hillerman, and Robert Ludlum, among others.

I have read some Stephen King. He is an incredible writer and his character building is awesome, but I’m just not into horror that much so never went overboard with him. However, if you’ve never read his book on writing (On Writing) get thee to Amazon immediately! It’s my favorite writing book of all time.

I can’t tell you how many rejection letters I’ve gotten that said, “This is great but it’s too romance-y for suspense but not romance-y enough for romance. ::sigh::

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