Stephen King bitchslaps Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer: “can’t write worth a darn”

Prolific horror writer Stephen King likes some writers, but doesn’t like others, or in particular, Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.

In an interview with USA Weekend, King compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame:

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

And yet, he gets the appeal of Meyer’s work

While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie’s writing, he understands the appeal of the series.

“People are attracted by the stories, by the pace, and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It’s exciting and it’s thrilling and it’s not particularly threatening because it’s not overtly sexual.”

“A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like, the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that’s a shorthand for all the feelings that they’re not ready to deal with yet.”

Nasty.