#1: Stephen King cannot spell the word “succinct”. Luckily he has an editor who can. (The editor was fired in 1989.)
#2: Though he never used it in any of his books, MR James’s favourite English word was “velveteen”, describing it in private as “sensuous, seductive.”
#3: Angela Carter modified her typewriter so that the i’s were dotted with lovehearts.
#4: Frank Herbert was addicted to mulberries to such an extent people often thought he was wearing lipstick.
#5: Vladimir Nabakov found England so bewildering he later described it as a “spacious and pretentious place with maudlin [figures] in various postures and states of enchantment amid a medley of pallid animals, dryads and trees.”
#6: HP Lovecraft was an absolute fool.
#7: Jules Verne was scared of brass bands (though he was quite fond of the sound of bells).
#8: Neil Gaiman once got lost in Soho. He was never seen again.
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Notes:
1. Written on the 24th August, 2022
2. Every fact is 100% true.