fferent name. He did this as an experiment. To see just how much of his best-selling books were because of his name. The "Bachman Books" as they were later called, sold alright on the bookshelves. When the information came out that Richard Bachman was actually Stephen King the books couldnt stay on the shelves for very long at all (Winter 12-13). One of Kings most famous books, however, was "Carrie." There is a pretty interesting story behind this first of many more published novels. King started the novel in 1975. When he started writing he liked the idea for the novel. As he progressed he grew tired of the ideas he had. He became frustrated and threw the work he had done right into the garbage can. Later that day while his wife, Tabitha, was cleaning she found the manuscript in the trash-can. She started to read it and she absolutely loved it. She persuaded him to submit it to the publisher. He did and to his surprise he received a book deal. His first contract was for Four-Hundred thousand dollars (Beahm 28-33).Perhaps the most inspirational thing that King has is the good old state of Maine. If you notice, most of Kings works take place in Maine. He once said, "I write about Maine because its what I know best, but I also write about Maine because its the place I love best......You have to spend a lot of time in a place before you start to catch the beat of the peoples voices, their dialects, and the way they live." From this quote you can see how much love he does have for the place in which he lives (King 97). It is this love gives King the drive to give back to the place he calls home. King has given over two point five million dollars to the Bangor Public Library. He is constantly contributing towards new things for the library. The library was dedicated in his honor (Beahm 81). In addition to the library, King found a way to give back to the community by using his other two loves, baseball, and classic ro...
