Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
Yes. It was a 3 page Hobbit ripoff I hand-wrote on unruled paper when I was 12. I submitted it as a homeschool assignment, and my dad gave me a C. I hope I've gotten a little better since then.
What do you read for pleasure?
Just about anything I can get my hands on. I'm a Stephen King addict and have a massive library of his books--pretty much every major thing he's ever written. I also love crime stuff by guys like Stieg Larsson and Thomas Harris, both of whom have cost me a lot of sleep over the years. On top of all that I'm a major comics geek and am pretty much always making my way through a stack of Batman books and other goodies. So yeah, if there was a rehab for book addicts, I'd be there.
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