First off, if there is a god of literature somewhere out in the cosmos his
name is Stephen King, if that’s any indication of what I think of the man. Lol.
Yes, Stephen King is one of my top three favorite writers, and without
a doubt he is the best, stylistically speaking, of the three. The stories he
weaves with his web of words are above and beyond anything I’ve ever seen. I
can only hope to be nearly as good as he is.
And, now, to get my nose out of his crack, I should try and find
something new to say about the man.
He’s one of the most prolific authors of our time, publishing at least
one book a year every year since Carrie
was published in 1974. 1974 was the same year Dungeons and Dragons was first
introduced to the world, and both D&D and Carrie are now forty years old. Well… technically, Carrie won’t hit
the big four-o until April 5th. Exactly one month away from the time
of this writing.
At one point I had hoped and prayed that my writing career would mirror
Stephen King’s. I had hoped to be published the year I turned 24 (King’s age
when Carrie sold), and I’ve hoped to
be published every year since then. I’ve not really done a lot of work in that
direction though. I mean, I’ve got six novels written (first draft at least),
but I’ve only got one to the point where I considered it finished. And, I
stopped trying to sell that one some time ago.
That’s really my problem too. The reason that I haven’t succeeded thus
far is because I haven’t tried. (That’s usually a good reason for not
succeeding.) But, in all seriousness I gave it a half hearted attempt what
feels like ages ago, and I’ve talked a big game since then. How I’m going to do
this, and I’m going to do that, but I’ve put no effort behind it.
I think I’m scared.
I really do.
I think I’m afraid of putting myself out there and finding out that
nobody likes it. And, worse, that people will say bad things about it.
I know that’s a damned stupid thing to be afraid of. Everybody has an
opinion, and that opinion isn’t always going to agree with what I’m thinking.
So, basically, being afraid of hearing other people’s opinions is kind of like
not eating because you’re afraid of choking. I saw that on a meme somewhere.
Jason David Frank’s facebook page I believe, but where I found it doesn’t
matter. I should listen to it. I should stop being afraid of these things and
move on with my life. At the rate I’m going I’ll never have the career I want.
So… yeah… That post didn’t go anywhere near where I thought it would
go.
As for working Stephen King into my game I have a couple of options. I
can use him as an NPC (lol). I could possibly work one of his monsters into an
adventure maybe even having it be the primary antagonist (“We all float down
here, Georgie. And, when you’re down here, you’ll float too!”). And, then there’s
the simplest way to do it. I can use him as an inspiration to move both my life
forward and take my Dungeons and Dragons game one or two steps down a much more
terrifying flight of stairs.
Ryan
3-5-14
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