“And then another part of me said, ‘No, you can’t. … It’s not horror,” he said. “I’ve been working all my life, and I developed this reputation as the scary guy. It’s like being typecast. But I knew that if I didn’t write this story, if I didn’t follow my muse, so to speak, I would be an” — and here King used a colorful metaphor to describe the callow fellow he most certainly would be if he did not follow his personal path of inspiration.

King stated that he had never been in Tulsa before, at least on the physical level. His novel “Revival” featured a scene set during the Tulsa State Fair.

“The more I read about Tulsa, I knew there was something here for me,” he said. “I couldn’t explain it, but it was in the right place. And I wrote that scene at the Tulsa State Fair — I could smell it, I could see it — just from reading about it.

“Don’t tell anyone, but I’m working on another book, and it’s going to be set in Tulsa,” King said. “Assuming it gets done.”

King talked about his three personalities: Home Steve, the one who is tasked with taking out the garbage and unstopping the toilets; Public Steve, the persona who goes out and makes appearances such as the one at the Cain’s Ballroom to sell books and meet with readers; and Scary Steve, who does the work.