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  <title><![CDATA[Secret Windows : Essays and Fiction On The Craft Of Writing]]></title>
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  <default_description>...Exclusive Book-Of-The-Month-Club anthology of hard to find non-fiction pieces, little known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own &quot;windows&quot; - or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom...'Included in this collection are unpublished early fiction( very early; King was 12 when he wrote &quot;Jumper&quot; and&quot;Rush Call&quot;; a pre-Carrie article with tips for selling stories to men's magazines (&quot;The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story&quot;); advice to his son on writing ( with the look-twice title &quot;Great Hookers I Have Known&quot;); recommendations to teen readers in a 'Seventeen' article (&quot;What Stephen King Does For Love&quot;); a long chapter from his wonderful treatise on the horror genre (&quot;Horror Fiction&quot; from Danse Macabre); and even a first-time-in-print short story,&quot;In The Deathroom&quot;(just for fun).</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting book.  It contains various writing and interviews with Stephen King regarding the craft of writing and how he got into it. I enjoyed learning about his background and how he struggled to make a living until he finally got Carrie published.  This book includes a serial story by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41948319">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as much 'on the craft of writing' as an analysis of good horror writers / novels in general, and a lot of this material is available elsewhere -- but still, some damn good (and useful) reads in here.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This rare collection of Essays and Fiction by Stephen King is a must have for any King fan. The majority of this book consists of essays with some interviews and two fiction stories. If you enjoyed &quot;On Writing&quot;, you will find King's wit and humor in this book just as appealing. Although Ki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36343608">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Secret Windows : Essays and Fiction On The Craft Of Writing by Stephen King (2000)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[On Writing by Stephen King (???)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not the movie Secret Window(note singular.<br/>This is a companion piece of sorts to his nonfiction work On Writing. It compliments that book very well and if you like that you will probaly like this. This is a little looser though, because it is a scrapbook of writing from different period...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48107785">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good collection of essays and whatnots.  Better than On Writing! ]]></body>
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