How to Write Real Good Words, According to Stephen King

And some other interesting books this summer

J.J. Pryor

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Stephen King’s On Writing book
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Holy schmack is it a hot summer here in Taiwan. Regular days of 35°C.

(In American, that’s the rough equivalent of tying 95 rat tails together in a classic Rat King formation and measuring the temperature at the center point — just FYI.)

The humidity flows from around 60% mid-day all the way to 90%+ at night.

I like to walk a lot and I’m on the angrier end of the scale the last few years — it makes for a fun sweaty time.

Well hello there yourself, Accuweather.

It’s a regular site; this big white lao wai roaming the streets of Taiwan covered in a personal raincloud listening to podcasts and getting angry at traffic.

But with the heat, out comes my natural proclivities — turtling indoors with the AC cranked.

And what should a turtle who hasn’t written anything fun in a few months do while enjoying the cool comforts of modern humanity?

Start reading again, of course!

Blame my millennialism, my laziness, or my phone addiction, whatever it is, reading in my adult life is a habit made, no longer a passion. But on that note, it’s been a successful summer.

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J.J. Pryor
J.J. Pryor

Written by J.J. Pryor

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