Okutobala wathawu ife kuno ku iHorror tinali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi wolemba mantha Josh Hancock ku The Woipa Wolengedwa Con msonkhano ku Sacramento, California. Josh sali wolemba chabe komanso mphunzitsi komanso buku lake loyamba, Atsikana a Okutobala ndi umboni wowona wachikondi chake cha zinthu zonse zowopsa. Ena mwa okondedwa a Josh ndi The Texas Chainsaw kuphedwa, Wotulutsa ziwonetserozi, ndi original Halloween. Kubwerera ku 2016, Josh adatulutsa buku lachiwiri Mdyerekezi ndi Mwana Wanga wamkazi, and this past fall (2017) buku lachitatu Miyambo Yakufa anamasulidwa. Miyambo Yakufa sichitaya nthawi kulowerera m'mantha ndi zomwe zikuchitika mwachangu ndikupanga mphepo yabwino yakuwerenga. Mtundu wa Miyambo Yakufa ipereka chidziwitso chosangalatsa monga Atsikana a Okutobala anachita. Miyambo Yakufa pamodzi ndi mabuku ena awiri a Josh amapezeka Amazon.

 

 

Mafunso ndi Wolemba Josh Hancock 

zoopsa: Ndiye lingaliro lidabwera liti kwa inu "ndidzakhala wolemba" ndi chiyembekezo cha buku lanu loyamba?

Josh Hancock: Chifukwa chake Atsikana a Okutobala, Nthawi zonse ndimakhala ndi lingaliro ili la wophunzira kanema yemwe amalemba pepala lokhudza John Carpenter Halloween. Papepalali, pamakhala zidziwitso zachinsinsi kapena matenda ake amisala. Ndinangodziwa kuti ndikufuna kuti pakhale nkhani kapena pepala lofufuzira m'bukuli komanso papepalapo, padzakhala zidziwitso za china chake. Chifukwa chake zonse zidayambira pomwepo, ndidalemba kaye pepalalo ndikulitenga ngati gawo, ngati ndikadakhala wophunzira kusukulu ndipo ndidapatsidwa gawo lofufuza za Halowini ndikadatani? Nditalemba pepalalo bukulo lidangokhala lopangidwa mozungulira papepalalo, ndipo ndidakhala ndi lingaliro ili mwina zaka zitatu kapena zinayi ndisanadziyese ndekha, "Chabwino sindikukhala wachichepere ngati ndichita izi mundilole ine yesani kulemba china chake papepala. ” Ndipo zidatenga pafupifupi zaka ziwiri ½ kuti alembe bukuli. Itayamba kuyenda, zonse zidandibwerera mwachangu, ndikuganiza chifukwa ndinali ndi nkhaniyi m'maganizo anga kwanthawi yayitali.

iH: Ndipo limenelo linali buku lanu loyamba. Kodi mudayamba kulemba buku lanu lachiwiri pambuyo pake?

JH: Posakhalitsa pambuyo pake, zidanditengera miyezi ingapo…

iH: Kodi Mdyerekezi Ndi Mwana Wanga W wamkazi?

JH: Inde, Mdyerekezi ndi Mwana Wanga wamkazi. Zinanditengera miyezi ingapo kuti ndisonyeze, ndimafotokoza nthawi zonse ndisanalembe. Zachidziwikire, chinthu chomalizidwa nthawi zonse chimachoka pa autilaini; Ndinangozipeza. Ndine mphunzitsi, chifukwa chake ndimakhala kuti ndikupita kutchuthi nthawi yotentha, chifukwa chake ndimakhala ndi nthawi yochulukirapo yolemba. Bukuli ndi lalifupi kwambiri kuposa Atsikana a Okutobala, zomwe zinanditengera pafupifupi chaka chimodzi kuti ndilembe. Bukhu lachitatu, langa latsopanoli ndidalowamo, ndipo zidanditengera chaka ndi theka.  

iH: Wanena kuti ndiwe mphunzitsi, umaphunzitsa giredi iti?  

JH: Ndimaphunzitsa Chingerezi, ndipo ndimaphunzitsa ana aku sekondale, onse amapita ku koleji yakumidzi, yotchedwa koleji yapakatikati. Middle koleji tsopano ili paliponse; ndi za ana aang'ono komanso okalamba kusukulu yasekondale omwe amangomva ngati achita zonse zomwe akuyenera kuchita kusukulu yawo yasekondale. Ophunzirawa amalandila ngati 'ndi ma B' pachilichonse, koma sanalumikizane ndi makalabu kapena masewerawa, ali okonzeka kumaliza maphunziro awo ndikuyamba koleji koyambirira. Ophunzira abwera ku koleji yapakatikati ndikutenga Chingerezi, ndipo amamaliza nthawi yawo yonse ndi makoleji. Ophunzirawo alandila dipuloma yawo, yomwe akakhale nayo ndipo alandiranso ndalama zina zaku koleji zisanathe.

iH: Uku ndikuyamba kosangalatsa!

JH: Inde, amatha zaka ziwiri ku koleji asanamalize sukulu yasekondale ndipo zonse ndi zaulere, chifukwa chake makolo akamva za izi, amasangalala. Ndili ndi mwayi chifukwa ophunzira ambiri akufuna kudzakhalako, ndichinthu chomwe adalemba, ndipo ayenera kuvomerezedwa.

iH: Zikumveka ngati pali zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo.

JH: Ndichoncho. Pali zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo; Ndinganene kuti chovuta kwambiri ndikuti ndipikisane ndi makalasi aku koleji chifukwa amakonda makoleji awo ndipo ndikufuna ndikuganiza kuti amakonda kalasi yanga koma yanga ndiyofunikira, pomwe makoleji amatha kutenga zinthu zosiyanasiyana. Sindingadandaule, ndi ntchito yabwino, ndipo imandipatsa nthawi yochitira zinthu zina zomwe ndimakonda.

iH: Zachidziwikire. Kodi ophunzira amawerenga mabuku anu?

JH: [Chuckles] Ochepa a iwo amadziwa za iwo, ndipo nthawi zina sindingachitire mwina koma kungotchula, sindimanena zambiri. Ndine mphunzitsi yemwe amakonda kulemba; Sindikufuna kuti ophunzira anga aganizire kuti ndine wolemba yemwe amangophunzitsa mpaka nditapeza "nthawi yopuma" ndipo ndisiya kuphunzitsa kumbuyo. Ndimakonda zomwe ndimachita; Ndimakonda kuphunzitsa ndakhala ndikuchita pafupifupi zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu, chifukwa chake ndimayesetsa kuti ndisakukakamize kwambiri, chifukwa sizikuwoneka ngati ndikungopha nthawi chifukwa ndizovuta kuti ndikhale wolemba. Ndikanena izi nthawi zina ophunzira omwe amachita mantha "amalandira." Ndiyenera kusamala chifukwa sindikuganiza kuti mabuku anga aliwonse ndi achilendo kapena achiwawa kwambiri, koma ndi achichepere, khumi ndi zisanu ndi chimodzi mphambu khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, ndipo pali zochitika zina zowopsa, komanso chifukwa ndidakali mphunzitsi wakusekondale, makolo akhoza kutenga nawo mbali.  

iH: Inde, malingaliro onse.

JH: Ndichoncho. Pomwe ndikadakhala kuti ndimakoleji nthawi zonse, sindiyenera kuthana ndi makolo konse, chifukwa chake ndimayesetsa kukhala osamala. Koma mukunena zowona, ophunzira omwe akufuna kudziwa za izi, adzatero.

iH: Chotsatira chani kwa inu?

JH: Ndili ndi lingaliro latsopano lomwe ndikugwiritsabe ntchito autilaini, koma pakadali pano ikungolimbikitsa Miyambo Yakufa. Ndi buku lomwe ndimasamala kwambiri chifukwa limanena za nyumba zopitilira muyeso zomwe sizinakhalepo kuno ku Sacramento kapena ku Bay Area koma ku Los Angeles, zikukhala chinthu. Ndachitapo zochepa, koma sindinachitepo chimodzi "chosonyeza matchati" Pali imodzi ku San Diego yomwe imadziwika kuti ndi yankhanza, ili ngati maola asanu ndi atatu kutalika komanso zinthu zamisala izi, chifukwa chake ndimatsutsana ndimomwe ndimamvera za iwo mbali imodzi. Ndikuganiza kuti pali ena omwe amapita patali kwambiri ndipo anthu akuvulala ndipo mwina akuzunzidwa mwalamulo, ndipo ndili ndi vuto ndi izi. Bukulo [Miyambo Yakufa] kwenikweni ndi mkangano womwe ndili nawo. Mkazi wanga adawerenga bukuli, ndipo zina mwa zomwe adachita zinali zakuti, "Atsikana awa m'bukuli adapita modzipereka kunyumba yanyumba yayikulu, adasaina chikalatacho, chifukwa chake alibe ufulu wodandaula pazomwe zidawachitikira pambuyo pake. Chifukwa chake sindikudziwa ngati ndikugwirizana ndi buku lanu. ” Ndimaganiza kuti izi zinali zangwiro, ndiye mkangano womwe ndikufuna kukhalapo. Icho ndi gawo la kutsutsana; Mumasaina chikalatacho, mumadziwa zomwe mukulowa, chifukwa chake muyenera kudandaula za chiyani. Mbali inayo, kuchotsera kapena ayi zinthu zina zimangodutsa pamakhalidwe abwino, ndipo ndizomwe bukuli limanena. Ndine wonyadira chifukwa chaichi, ndichinthu chomwe chinali kwa ine, ndidaganiza zolemba za izi, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti zidayenda bwino.  

iH: Nthawi zonse ndimayesetsa kuchita zomwe munthu amakonda, ndipo zimangotuluka m'masamba.

JH: Inde, chimodzimodzi.

iH: Zili zamakono kwambiri. Ndamva za maubale omwe awonongedwa chifukwa chodzikweza ndi zokumana nazo zofananira; wina akhoza kuti wagwidwa mosayenera, mwina china chake chinanenedwa. Ndikuganiza kuti anthu adzafuna kuwerenga izi, makamaka mdera loopsa.

JH: Inde, ndikuganiza choncho. Kuchokera kwa anthu omwe ndimawatsatira pa Facebook ndi Instagram, ndimatsata malo ambiri omwe mumawawona anthu akukambirana za zovuta izi komanso zokumana nazo zomwe ali nazo. Ndawona zolemba zambiri pa intaneti zomwe zikuwonetseratu zomwe anthuwa adalemba m'bukuli, ndipo ndimakonda kupukusa pansi ndikuwerenga zotsutsana ndi zotsutsana ndipo izi ndi zifukwa zomwezi zomwe zidalembedwa m'bukuli. M'bukuli ndinayesa china chosiyana, ndi buku la epistolary, lomwe limafotokozedweratu kudzera m'makalata, zolemba, zoyankhulana, zithunzi koma ndimaphatikizaponso mapepala azithunzithunzi apaintaneti kuti atenge zomwezo. Pali zochuluka mmbuyo ndi mtsogolo pama bolodi amauthenga awa, anthu ena amawakonda, anthu ena amadana nawo, ndiyeno pali anthu omwe amagwera pakati pomwe. Ngakhale ma board a uthenga pa intaneti omwe ali m'bukuli amapangidwa mukawawerenga mumamva ngati alidi enieni. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mdera loopsali bukuli ligunda chingwe. Pamsonkhano uwu, ndafunsanso anthu ochepa ngati amadziwa bwino zopweteketsa mtima ndipo anthu ambiri samawoneka kuti ali. Koma ndikudziwa ndikabwera ndi bukuli kumwera kwa California, anthu azindikira izi.

iH: Eya, ali ndi zovuta zomwe zikuchitika chaka chonse.

JH: Apanso, ndachita zochepa; Nthawi zonse ndimakonzekera kuti wina andifunse "Chabwino, unalemba za izi, wachita zotani?" Ndachita zochepa, ndipo ndipanga zingapo, pali zochepa zomwe sindikudziwa ngati ndikufuna kutero. Ndimawakhumbirabe, chotero ndang'ambika. Ndimasilira luso komanso chidwi komanso chidwi chowopseza anthu, chifukwa chake ndizomwe zalembedwa m'bukuli, malingaliro anga pazikhalidwe zamtunduwu.  

iH: Ndikukhulupirira kuti anthu azikonda. Ma haunts ndi omwe ali "mkati" pakadali pano.  

JH: Inde, zikupezeka kulikonse. Ndimachokera kudera la Bay ndikulakalaka zikadakhala pano. Takhala tikulowetsa nyumba zachikhalidwe koma ndichikhalidwe, ndipo ndimawakonda. Omwe akuyimiridwa bwino m'bukuli.

iH: Kuyenda kwachikhalidwe ndimakonda kwambiri. Sindinagwirepo zotumphukirabe. Zikomo kwambiri chifukwa cholankhula nane lero, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kumva malingaliro anu pazovuta zomwe mukufuna kukakhalapo.

JH: Zinali zosangalatsa kwanga, zikomo, Ryan.