Kupeza buku labwino lowopsa ndi chinthu chosangalatsa chotere, ndikupeza yomwe ili ndi nthabwala zakuda? Chabwino uyo ndi mgodi wagolide. Ngati mukufunafuna chuma chotere, Jason Pargin's John Afa Kumapeto amabwera kwambiri analimbikitsa. 

Adasinthidwa kukhala filimu ya dzina lomwelo mu 2012 - motsogozedwa ndi wamkulu wamtundu Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) - John Afa Kumapeto yakula mosayembekezereka kukhala mndandanda wa mabuku. Cholowa chachinayi chomwe changotulutsidwa kumene (chotchedwa Ngati Bukhuli Lilipo, Muli mu Chilengedwe Cholakwika) amapanga zochitika zapamwamba, zakumapeto kwa dziko lonse (zodzaza ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tomwe timayamwa ubongo ndi gulu lamatsenga la achinyamata) ndipo tsogolo la chirichonse liri m'manja osatha a chiguduli chonyoza. -tag gulu, amene kamodzinso panjira pamwamba malipiro kalasi yawo.

Pargin - yemwe adalemba kale pansi pa cholembera dzina David Wong (munthu wamkulu komanso wolemba nkhani wa John Afa Kumapeto) - adakhala pansi ndi Kelly kuchokera ku Murmurs kuchokera ku podcast ya Morgue kuti akambirane za mabuku ake, kuwuka kwake pa BookTok, ndi chifukwa chiyani nyama zopanda pake zimapanga kuwonjezera kwakukulu kwa gulu. 

Werengani kuti mupeze gawo la zokambirana zathu. Mutha mverani kuyankhulana kwathunthu pa Kung'ung'udza Kuchokera ku Morgue Podcast (zikupezeka kulikonse komwe mungapeze ma podcasts anu) ndi dinani apa kuti mupeze Ngati Bukhuli Lilipo, Muli mu Chilengedwe Cholakwika.  

Kelly McNeely: Kalembedwe kanu ndi mtundu wa nthabwala zowopsa zaku cosmic, zolimbikitsa kapena zokopa zidachokera kuti, chifukwa John Afa Kumapeto ndi mndandanda wa Zoey Ashe? 

Jason Pargin: Ndinali wokonda zoopsa kwambiri ndikukula, mwina chifukwa ndi zomwe aliyense amawerenga. Ndinali mwana wazaka za m'ma 80 ndipo Stephen King anali - ndizovuta kunena mokweza ngati simunali ndi moyo panthawiyo, Stephen King anali chodabwitsa chotani. Monga, aliyense anamva za Stephen King, koma simukumvetsa, zinali ngati JK Rowling ndi Harry Muumbi nthawi zambiri. Aliyense anali ndi pepala la Stephen King kusukulu. Chifukwa chake ndikuganiza kuti ndidayamba kuwerenga mochititsa mantha, chifukwa ndi zomwe zinali zabwino. Koma momveka bwino, pazifukwa zilizonse, zinandikhudza ine. Osati chifukwa chilichonse chomwe ndingathe kufotokoza. Mwinamwake katswiri wa zamaganizo angakhoze kufotokoza izo, koma ine ndinangozikonda izo. 

Ndiye nkhani zomwe zidakhala bukuli, John Afa Kumapeto, ichi chinali chimodzi mwa nthano zopeka zoyamba zomwe ndinalembapo. Ndikutanthauza, ndinachita zinthu kusukulu, ndinalemba nkhani zazifupi za makalasi olembera, mtundu umenewo. Koma itakwana nthawi yoti ndingolemba chinachake, kachiwiri, pa intaneti zomwe ndinali kupereka kwaulere, ndikuzichita kuti ndisangalale, ndikupangitsa anzanga kuseka. Zinangowoneka ngati sewero lanthabwala lowopsa linali langwiro. 

Ndimakonda kulumikizana pakati pa chinthu choyipa kwambiri chomwe chikuchitika, chowoneka ndi maso a munthu yemwe ali ndi malingaliro opusa komanso opotoka a dziko lapansi. Monga momwe amatanthauzira zomwe zikuchitika ndi zosayenera moti zimandichititsa kuseka. Ndipo kotero kuti chiwonongeko chinali chinthu choyamba chomwe ndinali ndi mphamvu zofuna kubwereranso. Chifukwa omvera anu oyamba, ngati mukulemba china chake chachitali monga momwe zidakhalira, ndi inu. Ngati simukusangalatsidwa nazo, simudzamaliza. Chifukwa chake ponena za ngati, chifukwa chiyani ili buku lanu loyamba, ili ndiye mtundu woyamba kapena mtundu womwe unandisangalatsa kwambiri kuti ndisafune kubwereranso kwa mawu 150,000. Ndipo ndikunena chinachake. 

Ndikuganiza kuti anthu ambiri omwe amayesa kulemba bukhu kapena mawonekedwe aatali, pomwe amatha kukhala ngati akutuluka, ndichifukwa chake, chifukwa iwowo sasangalala kubwereranso. Ndiwowopsa. Kwa wolemba wachinyamata akuyesera kuti abwere ndi chinachake chimene akudziwa kuti akugulitsa, kapena kuyesera kuti awone chomwe chiri chotentha, ndimakonda, palibe chomwe chili chofunika ngati sichikusangalatsani kuti mutsirize. Chifukwa chake malinga ndi zomwe zidandilimbikitsa kuchita, panthawiyo Mafayilo a X chinali chachikulu. Mutha kuyang'ana zinthu zonse zomwe ndimawonera chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 90. Koma moona mtima, ndikuganiza kuti ndangopeza chinthu chomwe umunthu wanga udali wodabwitsa kwambiri.

Kelly McNeely: Kusintha kwa kanema wa John Afa Kumapeto wapeza gulu lachipembedzo - motsogozedwa ndi John Coscarelli. Ndi filimu yosangalatsa kwambiri. Kotero pamodzi ndi bukhuli, lomwe likupezanso zotsatirazi modabwitsa, kodi kupita patsogolo ndi chitukukocho zakhala bwanji, kuyambira - monga mumanenera - nkhani iyi yomwe mudalemba pa intaneti kwa anzanu ndi inu nokha, ndi momwe imapangidwira mu izi. mu chinthu chachikulu ichi, gawo lalikulu ili, cholengedwa chambiri chambiri?

Jason Pargin: Ndi chinthu chomwe ndikadakhala pansi ndikukonza kuti zichitike, sindikuganiza kuti zikadachitika. Ndi chinthu china chomwe ndidapunthwa nacho. Ndipo ndaphunzira kuti m’zochita zazikulu za anthu ambiri, ndi mmene zinkachitikira. Mwachitsanzo, Star Nkhondo zidangochitika chifukwa George Lucas amayesa kupanga a kung'anima Gordon filimu, ndipo sanathe kupeza ufulu chifukwa situdiyo ina inali mkati kupanga zomwe zikanakhala zawo kung'anima Gordon filimuyo, kotero adayenera kukhala pansi ndikulembanso zake kung'anima Gordon script ndikungosintha mawu ena mozungulira, ndipo adatuluka Star Nkhondo. Monga, icho sichinali chokhumba chake, chilakolako chake chinali kung'anima Gordon ndi mndandanda wazaka za m'ma 1950 ndi mtundu wamtunduwu wa nthano. Ndipo amakumana ndi chodabwitsa chachikulu kuposa kung'anima Gordon. 

Chabwino, kwa ine, choyamba John Afa Kumapeto, monga momwe mafani amadziwa - anthu ambiri omwe amangodziwa mabuku sazindikira izi - koma ndinali ndi blog iyi, Kuwononga Nthawi Kopanda Phindu. Ndipo koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, panali mtundu wankhani pabuloguyo pomwe chinali china chake chomwe chimayamba kumveka bwino komanso molunjika, ndipo chimangokhalira kupusa pang'onopang'ono ndime mpaka pomaliza, pamapeto, mudzazindikira kuti ine. Ndinataya nthawi yanu. Ndilo dzina la tsambalo. Kotero ine ndinali ndi zoyankhulana zabodza mmenemo ndi anthu otchuka, kuti poyamba pang'ono, iwo anamveka bwino, ndiyeno mayankho awo anangokhala achilendo ndi achilendo. Ndipo nthabwalayo inali ngati, chabwino, mungapite patali bwanji musanazindikire? Ndiyeno anthu omwe anali mafani a malowa, ankadziwa mawonekedwe, ndipo icho chinali mbali ya zosangalatsa, podziwa kuti izi zikusokoneza anthu ena. 

Kotero kuti Halowini, ndinapanga positi ya blog, inali nkhani yongopeka chabe yomwe inanenedwa mwa munthu woyamba, monga ichi ndi chinthu chenicheni chomwe chinachitika kwa ine ndi mnzanga. Ndipo zimayambanso molunjika kwambiri. Mukudziwa, nditafika kunyumba kwa mnzanga, akuti mtsikanayu wanena kuti kunyumba kwake kunali koopsa, ndipo akufuna kuti tigoneko kuti tiwone ngati tikuwona zomwe zikuchitika. Ndipo imamveka ngati nkhani yowongoka kwambiri. Ndiyeno izo zimangopitirira kukhala zachilendo ndi zachilendo. Ndiyeno patangopita masamba ochepa, akuthamangitsidwa m’nyumbamo ndi mulu wa nyama zophikidwa zimene zatengedwa mufiriji ya mayiyu. Chifukwa chake chinali chongopeka, monga chilichonse patsamba. Koma anthu ankakonda zimenezo kwambiri moti Halloween yotsatira anafuna ina mwa izo. 

Zinakhala chinthu chapachaka ichi, ndipo aliyense adamanga chomaliza ndi nthabwala yomwe imatchedwa John Afa Kumapeto, monga ndikukuuzani kumene izi zipita. Ndipo panthawi ina, ndinali nditafika kumapeto kwenikweni kwa nkhaniyi, kachiwiri, ngati mawu a 150,000, ndipo iyi ndi nthawi yomwe zinali zachilendo kufalitsa chinthu chautali pa intaneti. Panalibe zochitika zongopeka panthawiyo monga momwe zilili tsopano, kumene kuli malo angapo ndi mapulatifomu onsewa omwe ali abwino kwa olemba achinyamata, ndipo olemba mabuku ambiri atuluka m'malo amenewo. Pamene ndinayamba izi mu 1999 kapena chirichonse, sichinali kanthu. Kotero zinali ngati, chabwino, palibe amene anandiuza kuti ndisachite izi. Chifukwa chake tsopano ndinali ndi bukuli lomwe limatumizidwa kwaulere patsamba langa. Ndipo anthu ankazifuna mu mawonekedwe a pepala, chifukwa imeneyo ndi njira yowopsya kuyesa kuwerenga buku, ndi CRT yachikale yowunikira kuwombera ma radiation m'maso mwanu nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chake ndidapanga kope lodzisindikiza lomwe ndidagulitsa pamtengo wongofuna anthu omwe akufuna chifukwa panonso, iyi sinali yopezera phindu panthawiyi. Kunena zowona, intaneti sinali njira yopezera phindu kwa aliyense, kupatula mabiliyoni ochepa omwe ali pamwamba. 

Makina ang'onoang'ono a indie adayitana Press Press yovomerezeka adabwera, ndipo adati, titha kukupezerani pepala labwino kwambiri la izi, ndipo titha kugulitsa pa Amazon. Ndipo ndidasaina nawo nawo pangano la ndalama zokwana madola mazana angapo, koma sizinali zofunikira, zinali choncho mwanjira iyi, lingakhale buku losindikizidwa ndi nambala ya ISBN yomwe mutha kupita kusitolo yosungiramo mabuku ndikukapempha. kopi ya. Ndipo izo, kwa ine, ndinamva ngati pachimake pa ntchito yanga yolemba ikanakhala nthawi imodzi yomwe ine ndinalemba chinthu chomwe chinali m'malo ogulitsa mabuku omwe tinagulitsa makope zikwi zingapo. Zomwe zili zabwino kwambiri kwa buku loyamba, ngakhale lomwe limasindikizidwa ndi wosindikiza weniweni, koma izi ndizomwe zimangodzera pakamwa pa intaneti, ndi momwe anthu ambiri amayesera kuliwerenga pa intaneti ndipo adadwala mutu wotero. Zili ngati, ndilipira ndalama 20 kuti ndiwerenge izi papepala, izi zikuwononga masomphenya anga. Zindipulumutsa kuti ndichite opaleshoni ya LASIK pambuyo pake kuti ndizitha kuwerenga papepala. 

Chifukwa chake, imodzi mwamakopi masauzande ochepawo idapezeka m'manja mwa Don Coscarelli - yemwe ndikuganiza kuti mafani a iHorror amadziwa dzina lake - koma ngati sichoncho, adachita mndandandawo. Phantasm anachita filimuyo Bubba Ho-Tep kumene Bruce Campbell amasewera Elvis, kapena munthu yemwe amaganiza kuti ndi Elvis. Ndipo amandilumikizana ndi ine kunja kwa buluu kufuna kuti asamangotenga ufulu wa filimuyi, koma kuti apange, chomwe chiri kusiyana kwakukulu. Pali anthu ambiri omwe agulitsa ufulu wamakanema kuzinthu $10k kapena chilichonse chomwe amapatsidwa, ndipo ndi komaliza kumva. Nthawi zambiri amangothera paphiri la katundu kwinakwake. Koma iye ankafuna kuti achite. Ndikuganiza kuti aliyense ankaganiza kuti akuchita Bubba Ho-Tep sequel, ndipo mwina zinali mu chitukuko. Koma pazifukwa zilizonse, ndikuganiza kuti ntchitoyi idayimitsidwa. Ndiye ali ngati, ndikufuna kupanga izi, wothandizira wanu ndi ndani? 

Koma zili ngati, ndilibe wothandizira. Ndilibe wosindikiza. Ndilibe mkonzi. Ndilibe kalikonse. Ndimagwira ntchito kukampani ya inshuwaransi ndikulemba ma data. Apanso, ndilibe ntchito yolemba ntchito ina. Sindinalipidwepo chifukwa cholemba. Ndine mnyamata amene amagwira ntchito mu cubicle kulemba manambala mu mndandanda wa mabokosi pa sikirini tsiku lonse. Ndichoncho. Chifukwa chake ndidayenera kupita kubwereka loya kuti akawone zikalatazo. Zili ngati, kodi mudawonapo chimodzi mwa izi m'mbuyomu? Mnyamatayu akufuna kugula ufulu wamakanema, mungatsimikizire kuti sindikusiya moyo wanga pano? Ndiyeno ife timachita izo. Ndiyeno ndimapitiriza ndi moyo wanga. 

Ndidali ndi ntchito yabwino yolemba mabulogu chifukwa ndidakhala wotchuka ngati blogger, koma sindimapeza ndalama, ndi momwe intaneti imagwirira ntchito. Mutha kupeza omvera koma ndi momwemo. Ndipo sindinamve kalikonse kwa zaka zingapo. Ndiyeno, patapita zaka ziwiri kapena kuposerapo, amabweranso nati, Hei, tili ndi Paul Giamatti ngati wopanga, tagwira ntchito popanga magawo angapo omaliza, tiyamba kuwombera posachedwa. Ndipo ndi mu 2012, ndikuganiza kuti patadutsa zaka zisanu atagula maufulu, ndikuganiza. 2007 adagula ufulu, 2012 filimuyo idatsegulidwa ku Sundance. Ndinawulukira kumeneko, ndimayenera kulengeza ndi anthu ochita masewerawo ndi anthu onsewo, anajambula zithunzi, tinayenda mozungulira, tinawonetsa koyamba pa imodzi mwa ziwonetsero zapakati pausiku kunja uko. 

Wosindikiza wamkulu, St. Martin's Press - chomwe ndi cholembedwa cha Macmillan, m'modzi mwa osindikiza akuluakulu atatu omwe atsala - adabwera ndikugula ufulu kuti atulutse mu chikuto cholimba. Anandisainira ku mgwirizano watsopano wabuku kuti ndichite zina, zomwe zidakhala Bukuli Lodzaza ndi akangaude, zomwe zinapanga mndandanda wa malonda a The New York Times, ndipo izi zinapangitsa ntchito yanga yolemba. 

Koma ntchito yochuluka monga momwe ndimayikamo, ndikulemba bukuli kwaulere kwa theka la zaka khumi chisanachitike chilichonse, ndili ndi ntchito iyi chifukwa cha kupuma. Chifukwa munthu m'modzi uyu adathamangira m'buku limodzi la bukhu losadziwikiratu - kuchokera pamalingaliro ake. Ndipo osati kuziwona kokha ndikuzikonda, koma ndinkafuna kupanga kanema za izo, kupanga kanema wa izo, ndi kupanga kanema wabwino mokwanira kuti akusewerabe. Idapita koyamba ku DVD kenako idasewera pa chingwe, ndipo tsopano ikukhamukira. Yayamba - ndikuganiza - Hulu tsopano, koma idasewera pa Netflix kwazaka zingapo. Ili pa Amazon Prime. Ndipo imangosewera ndikusewera. Ndipo anthu mazana pang’ono aliwonse amene amawonera ilo, iwo amathamangira kunja ndi kukagula kope la bukhulo. Ndipo izi zapangitsa ntchito yanga yolemba nthawi zambiri. Ndiko kusiyana kokha pakati pa ine ndi olemba ena ambiri omwe akugwira ntchito mosadziwika kwa zaka zambiri. Kungoti ndangopumako kamodzi kokhako.

Kelly McNeely: Ndipo mulinso ndi mndandanda wa Zoey Ashe (Ziwawa Zam'tsogolo ndi Zovala Zapamwambandipo Zoey Akuponya Tsogolo mu Dick). Kodi mungalankhulepo pang'ono za chitukuko cha mndandanda umenewo ndi momwe khalidwelo linayambira? 

Jason Pargin: Adandisainira ku mgwirizano wamabuku ambiri, ndipo aka kanali koyamba kuti, "Chabwino, sindikufuna kuti ndikhale ndikulemba mndandanda umodziwu kwa moyo wanga wonse, zikuwoneka kuti palibe amene akufuna. Ndipo ndinali ndi lingaliro lina lokha la nkhani zopeka za sayansi komwe kuli mtsogolo, ndipo chifukwa chaukadaulo, mitundu ina ya luso loposa laumunthu ndizotheka. Koma pali gulu limodzi lokha la anthu pomwe mphamvu zawo zazikulu ndi zopusa chabe. Iwo ndi abodza modabwitsa ndi onyenga ndi ogulitsa. Ziri ngati, ndikuganiza, Don Draper wochokera Men misala. Ndizokhudza momwe mphamvu zonse zomwe mungathe kukhala nazo - kuchokera ku kuwala kupita ku kusawoneka kupita ku mphamvu zapamwamba mpaka chirichonse - palibe chomwe chimaposa kukhala wokhoza kunyenga anthu ndi kusokoneza anthu. 

Chifukwa chake pali gulu ili la anthu ndipo ali ndi maphunziro ngati a psyops, ndipo amakhala ngati akuyendetsa gulu lalikulu la zigawenga. Ndiyeno ndinaganiza, kodi munthu woseketsa kwambiri angakhale wotani pa gulu limenelo? Ndipo zinatha kukhala msungwana wazaka 22 wochokera kumalo osungiramo zinthu zakale, yemwe ali ndi mphaka wonunkhiza kwambiri yemwe amamukonda, ndipo iye - kupyolera mu zochitika zambiri zotsutsana - adzalandira cholowa cha ufumuwu. Chifukwa chake muli ndi mzinda wam'tsogolo uwu, womwe uli ndi zonse zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira pa osamala kwambiri ndi zigawenga komanso zilombo pafupifupi pafupifupi anthu, komanso gulu la anthu ochita bwino kwambiri komanso onyenga. Ndipo onse amangotsogoleredwa ndi Zoey Ashe, msungwana wamng'ono uyu wochokera kumalo osungirako magalimoto omwe adangolandira cholowa chonsecho ndipo adaganiza zokhala. 

Kotero ndi nsomba zopusa kwambiri za m'madzi zomwe ndingaganizire. Kenako amazindikira, monga momwe mungayembekezere - ngati mudawonapo nkhani ngati izi - kuti ndioyenera ku izi kuposa momwe amaganizira. Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi zambiri azimayi omwe amakhala m'dziko lolamulidwa ndi amuna, mutha kukhala okhumudwa ndi lingaliro lakuti palibe aliyense wa iwo amakuwonani choncho, komabe, mumakhala ngati kuti mumangoyang'ana malo anu mphindi imodzi iliyonse. tsiku limodzi. Ndipo kotero ndicho chimene iye ayenera kuchita. Zili ngati mtundu wopusa kwambiri wa zochitika zenizeni zamoyo uno pomwe wina akubwera kuchokera kunja ndipo poyamba, amanyansidwa kwambiri, mukudziwa, momwe adafikirako, kapena momwe adapezera udindowo, kapena kumuuza, ndipo ayenera kupeza ulemu wawo. Chifukwa chake, imakhala yofanana kwambiri ndi toni John Afa Kumapeto mabuku, koma akubwera padziko lapansi kuchokera kumbali yosiyana kotheratu. Ndipo zinthu zimene nkhanizi zikukamba n’zosiyana ndi zimene nkhani za John ndi Dave zimakamba.