Bookish Gifts Are a Thing
They are a thing I now know, and you can know about them too.
As in: flawed, yet awesome. No one wants to read boring perfection.
People forget sometimes that King was in fact a High School English teacher for several years while he wrote Rage, The Long Walk, and Carrie during his spare time. I think that teaching urge has never really left him, and On Writing is the result. You still have to go buy the book yourself if you want to know all the little tricks hidden inside it. I am shamelessly promoting the idea that you go give Stephen King some of your money. That said, here is a…
Everyone likes to get paid for their words
Unless you are this author, never do this.