At 17, he published his first story, I Was a Teenage Grave Robber. Mike Noonan, the fictional novelist in Bag of Bones, is not quite as successful. The rest of the generation grows up. We're left behind on the playground with the understanding that we'll report on how it's going. It's generally better to just stand aside and let the boys in the basement do their work.
Instinct is their specialty.
I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. You can't sell it as caviar. Nourishing, but not actively offensive. King laughs at the concept of okra quiche. King now says that was a mistake.