{"id":1081,"date":"2015-11-25T14:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szaszkogabriella.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2016-09-08T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T08:56:26","slug":"dear-mr-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/szaszkogabriella.com\/index.php\/en\/2015\/11\/25\/dear-mr-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr. King"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr. King,<\/p>\n

I decided to write you an open letter a long, long time ago, but I always just think about it and have never accomplished the task.\u00a0 I was a little bit desperate about this and I thought you might never read this letter, and you\u2019ve heard a thousand times the sentence \u201cI started to write because of your novels\u201d. Then this November I have decided to express my gratitude towards you, because it feels right this way.<\/p>\n

I was a little bit of a weird child, who started to read your books at the age of twelve. My parents weren\u2019t thrilled about it, but they are quite open-minded, so they found peace with it (they were happy that I started to read real books instead of comics). The first book that I read from you was Carrie (that was a coincidence), then I\u2019ve read almost every book of yours.<\/p>\n

I never thought I would want to become a writer. Unfortunately in my country teachers just don\u2019t say such things to child that \u201cyou should be considering writing seriously\u201d (oh, I love Hungarian education).\u00a0 But I started to write a story after I fell in love with Bag of Bones. Mike Noonan just stole my fourteen year old heart big time. I even read this novel out loud for my best friend (she also loved it). After that I outlined a little story which I\u2019ve never finished.<\/p>\n

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Your novels were with me in the road of becoming an adult. That\u2019s not a bad thing, because I haven\u2019t formed into a serial killer, just a struggling 28 year old writer (I hope it is better). I came a long way until I realized that I want to become a writer. But your books helped me, they always gave me a feeling that I would like to create quality stuff.<\/p>\n

I am still on my way to get published with a novel; I fought my own little battles. I\u2019ve got a lot of rejections and some little and bigger successes. I learn, read and write a lot. I hope I am getting better. I would like to form my voice and find my own way of writing (and no, I am not writing horror most of the time).<\/p>\n

Maybe I would have found my path to writing without your books. But I think your novels, your lines shaped my writing and formed my life in a unique way. And I think I should be really grateful to you. Your books and your life always help me when I feel lost.<\/p>\n

Thank you again.<\/p>\n

Kind regards,<\/p>\n

Gabriella<\/p>\n

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