"I kona hui ʻana i ke kāpena, haʻalulu ʻo ia, a hāmama ākea ka ʻulaʻula ʻōlinolino i ʻōpū o kona ʻōpū. Ākea loa.

Ua huli aʻe ka rookie, e piʻi aʻe ana kona ala i ke kū ʻana o loko o ka wahine. ”- mai ʻO ka 13th na John Everson.

ʻO ka 13th ʻo kaʻu hoʻolauna iā John Everson. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pepa ma ka leka ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Leisure Horror Book Club. E like me nā mea kākau, he mea hou ʻo John, a e like me ka hapa nui o nā poʻo inoa Leisure i kēlā manawa, maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻo John. Ua komo koke wau iā ia me Brian Keene a me Richard Laymon. Ke loaʻa iaʻu Siren i kahi manawa ma hope, ua ʻike wau ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi mea kākau weliweli ʻē aʻe i weliweli i ka hana ʻana me kēlā me kēia o koʻu naʻau ma loko o kahi puke.

I kēia manawa me ka laina weliweli a Samhain, hoʻomau ʻo John i ka pāʻani i nā hana ʻeleʻele ma luna o kēlā me kēia aʻa palupalu i ko mākou noʻonoʻo a me ko mākou kino. Akā ma hope o ka ʻeli ʻana i kāna ao i kahi mamao iki, ua ʻike wau ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o kahi mea kākau nui. Ano, pela no oe.

E hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaka. I ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻomaka ai i ke kākau ʻana, makaʻu mau paha ia, a ʻo wai nā mea kākau mua nāna i hoʻomā ke ahi iā ʻoe?

ʻO ka moʻolelo mua aʻu e hoʻomanaʻo nei i ke kākau ʻana aia paha wau ma kahi o 4^th papa. ʻO kaʻu e hoʻomanaʻo ai he pili ia iā Isaac Asimov's Foundation moʻo ... no laila kuhi wau ua hoʻomaka wau ma ke kākau ʻana i kahi Manaʻo Kahi Hoʻolālā ʻo Sci-Fi! Ke ulu nei, he makahiki gula maoli ʻo SF aʻu i heluhelu ai, me ka moʻolelo ʻuhane kekahi manawa a me ka moʻolelo ʻo Edgar Allan Poe ... no laila ʻo nā moʻolelo mua aʻu i kākau ai i ke kula papa a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe he kaʻao ʻepekema ia. Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clifford D. Simak, Hal Clement, Robert Heinlein, JT McIntosh… ʻo ia kaʻu mau mea mua i hoʻohuli ʻia. Ua haʻi lākou i nā moʻolelo i hoʻopaʻa paʻa loa iaʻu ... a makemake iaʻu e haʻi i nā moʻolelo e hana like i ka poʻe heluhelu ʻē aʻe. ʻO Richard Matheson paha ka mea kākau SF nāna i hōʻike maoli iaʻu i ke ala, no ka mea ʻo ia ke alahaka ma waena o nā moʻolelo SF a me ka weliweli. ʻO nā moʻolelo āpau aʻu i manaʻo ai he ʻano macabre paha kaʻu iā lākou ... a me kona hiki ke hana i kēlā - a me nā ʻano keʻa - he mea kupaianaha.

Ua kākau wau i kekahi mau moʻolelo a me nā mele i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a ʻoi aku ma ke koleke, akā ʻaʻole wau a hiki i koʻu mau makahiki 20 i koʻu waiho ʻana i kekahi mea. ʻO ia ka makahiki 1993, a he mau makahiki paha ia mai ka wā i kākau ai i kekahi moʻolelo kaʻao. No ka leʻaleʻa wale nō, ke ʻākoakoa nei wau i kahi puke puke o kekahi o kaʻu mau moʻolelo o ke koleke, ʻoiai kaʻu hana o ka lā e paʻi ana i ka papapihi, a i ka hana ʻana i kēlā, ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻole kekahi o nā kaʻao kahiko. Ua waiho wau iā lākou i nā makasina ʻelua a laila kākau i mau ʻāpana hou. I ka manawa i puka mai kaʻu moʻolelo mua, i ka hoʻomaka o ka makahiki 1994, ua hoʻomau wau i ke kākau ʻana a me ka hoʻouna ʻana ʻana a ʻaʻole i nānā i hope. No laila ua hōʻailona kēia makahiki i kaʻu 20^thlā hoʻomanaʻo ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo i paʻi ʻia.

ʻO ka Leisure Book Horror Club kahi aʻu i ʻike ai iā ʻoe. Hoʻomaopopo wau i ka heluhelu ʻana The 13^th a e papahele ʻia ana. He moʻolelo maikaʻi wale nō ia. Ua ukali wau i kēlā me Siren. ʻO kekahi mea maikaʻi loa. E kamaʻilio pū me aʻu e pili ana i kēlā mau lā Dorchester. Pehea ʻoe i hoʻopili ai me Don?

ʻO ka manawa mua aʻu i hui ai me Don DʻAuria ma World Horror Convention 2000 ma Denver. Ma laila wau e paipai nei i kaʻu hōʻiliʻili fiction pōkole mua, Pā o nā iwi a me nā mea ʻike weliweli ʻē aʻe, e puka ana ma hope o kēlā makahiki mai nā Delirium Books. Ua hoʻopau wau i kahi kikoʻī mua o Berita, i kapaʻia ʻO ka Pali, i kēlā manawa, a wehewehe iā Don i kekahi o nā kau pitch a lākou e mālama ai no nā mea kākau e hālāwai me nā luna hoʻoponopono i kēlā mau ʻaha kūkā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hele e hoʻouna iā ia i ka palapala, a ua hana wau, akā ʻaʻole wau i lohe i kekahi mea i hope ... no laila ua kau wau iā ia i ka puke like ma World Horror Con 2001. A laila hou ma World Horror 2002 ... .. Ma kahi paha ʻO kēlā manawa i loaʻa iaʻu ka leka hoʻomaopopo hōʻole. Hoʻomaopopo wau he mau makahiki i hala. Akā i kēlā manawa, me he mea lā ʻo kēlā me kēia mea i loko o ka weliweli (ma waho o King, Barker a me Rice) he puke me Leisure, no laila ua hoʻoholo wau e "haki." Ma World Horror Con 2003, ua hoʻomaka wau i kahi hopena - mōhai. No laila ua kau wau iā ia i nā puke ʻelua a me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe ʻelua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i nā mea kākoʻo nui ... ʻaʻole naʻe i kūʻai i nā puke. Hopohopo, ua hāʻawi wau i kaʻu mau moemoeā mākeke lehulehu a hana kuʻikahi a paʻi i nā puke ʻelua i nā paʻi paakiki liʻiliʻi me nā nūpepa liʻiliʻi - Nā Delirium Books - i ka makahiki 2004 a me 2007. Akā ua hoʻonohonoho wau i kēlā mau puke a me nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe iā Don i kēlā me kēia World Horror Con - 2004, 2005, 2006…. i ka hopena ma 2007, ma hope Berita ua lanakila i ka makana Bram Stoker no kahi Novel Mua mai ka hoʻokuʻu Delirium, a mōhai Ua hele mai hoʻi i waho i ka paʻakikī, kū hou wau iā ia hou a ʻōlelo ʻo ia "Makemake wau e kiʻi iā ʻoe ma ke kiʻi, he nīnau wale nō ia no kahi kau. E loaʻa paha iaʻu kekahi mea… Ua manaʻo wau e lokomaikaʻi wale ana ʻo ia i kahi keiki hoʻomau naʻaupō, akā a laila, ma ke ʻano he 24 mau hola ma hope mai, ua hele mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ka wā o Mass Autograph pūlima kahi e noho ai nā mea kākau āpau i kahi lumi a kau inoa i nā puke no ka poʻe i hele mai i ka ʻaha kūkā a ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia "hiki iaʻu kamaʻilio pū me ʻoe? ” Ua haʻalele au i kaʻu pākaukau a ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu i kahi pālua puke ʻelua ma laila i loko o kahi keʻena hōʻoia kapa ma ka World Horror Convention 2007 ma Toronto. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi iā ʻoe i koʻu hauʻoli nui i nā hola 48 e hiki mai ana o kēlā con !!!

Ma hope koke iho o ke kau inoa ʻana me Leisure, ma New York wau i ka ʻoihana hana o ka lā a ua loaʻa ka manawa kūpono e kū ma nā keʻena o Leisure e ʻōlelo aku iā Don ... a laila ʻike wau i ke kumu o ka lōʻihi o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi leka hōʻole i nā makahiki ma mua. . ʻO ka paia ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o kāna keʻena i hoʻokau ʻia mai ka puka aniani a hiki i ka puka ʻehā kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe me nā hoʻouna palapala! E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka nalo ʻana i ka puʻu lohi! ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo i ka helu o nā mea makemake e hoʻouna i nā puke iā ia i nā '90s a me 2000s. Hoʻokūkū nui.

Pākahi Berita ua puka mai, ua kūʻai ʻo Don i ʻekolu mau puke hou naʻu no Leisure ma hope o kēlā.The 13^th ʻo ia ka puke mua mua aʻu i hana ai no Leisure (paʻi ʻia ma 2009), a ukali ʻia eSiren a Ke Kanaka Pepe. I ka pae ʻana o Don ma Samhain ma hope o ka Leisure imploded, ua hāʻawi wau iā ia Kahi lā a ʻae ʻo ia. ʻO ka mea hoʻohenehene ma laila… ʻo koʻu manaʻo kumu no Kahi lā ua kiʻi ʻia i loko o hoʻokahi mau makahiki ma mua - ʻoiai wau e hoʻopau ana Berita. Pēlā Berita hoʻolana iaʻu ma Leisure a Kahi lā, kahi puke i kīkē ʻia i ka wā like, hoʻouka iaʻu me Samhain. A ʻo nā "hoʻomaka" ʻelua ʻo Bram Stoker Award finalists!

Pēlā ʻo rad! No laila, Ua lanakila ka berita i ka Stoker no 1 maikaʻi loa^st puke moʻolelo, akā ke hana nei ʻoe i nā moʻolelo poʻomanaʻo pōkole ma mua o kēlā. ʻO ka fiction fiction kahi i hoʻomaka ai, hana mau ʻoe ia ma kahi maʻamau a ʻo nā mea āu e makemake ai: pōkole, novellas, a i ʻole nā ​​moʻolelo?

ʻO ka fiction fiction ka mea aʻu i hana ai ma kahi o kaʻu mau makahiki 10 mua o ke kākau ʻana. Ke kākau nei nō wau i nā moʻolelo pōkole, ʻaʻole naʻe ma ka manawa mau loa mai ka nānā nui ʻana i nā puke moʻolelo. Akā ua manaʻo mau wau ma nā ʻano he nui e lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia ai ka weliweli e ka pepa pōkole - ʻO nā moʻolelo a Poe ka mea nui o nā moʻolelo weliweli maikaʻi naʻu ... a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i kākau i kahi puke.

ʻO wau ... ʻaʻole wau i kākau i kahi puke. Ua kākau maikaʻi wau ma kahi o 100 mau moʻolelo pōkole, a me kekahi mau novelette (nā moʻolelo pōkole loa). A ʻewalu mau puke. Akā i ka manawa hoʻokahi aʻu i hoʻāʻo ai e kākau i kahi novella weliweli ... ua hele a lilo i puke liʻiliʻi - Ka Laau Ohana, kaʻu mea hou loa. Aloha au i ke kākau ʻana i nā moʻolelo pōkole, akā he ʻano ʻokoʻa ia ma mua o nā puke. No laila i kēia manawa ua maʻa wau i ke kākau ʻana i ka “lōʻihi”… ʻike wau i ka paʻakikī o ke komo ʻana i waho a puka koke i waho e kākau i nā kaʻao pōkole. I ka wā i hoʻomaka ai wau e kākau i 20 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau ʻāpana pōkole he 2,000 - 3,000 mau huaʻōlelo. I kēia manawa ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kākau i kahi moʻolelo pōkole i emi iho ma mua o 6,000 mau huaʻōlelo! Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā puke iā ʻoe e wehewehe i nā mea hou aku, e hana hou i ka hana ʻana i ke ʻano. ʻAʻohe ou manawa no kēlā mea i kahi ʻāpana pōkole.

BeritaLanakila. Hoʻoweliweli paha kēlā iā ʻoe? A i ʻole ʻae wale ʻoe me ka minoʻaka a hoʻi hou i ka hana?

He mea pupule ia. Ua hele au i kēlā makana makana ka manawa o kaʻu wahine he 3 mau pule mai kāna lā hānau a me kā mākou keikikāne - ua noi mākou i ke kauka inā manaʻo ʻo ia he lawa ka palekana noʻu e hele a ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻae ... akā pehea inā hele ʻo ia i ka hana me ka wanaʻao Ua hele wau i mau hola? Ua maopopo iaʻu ʻaʻole wau e lanakila… akā makemake wau e noho ma laila, e hana i ka hapa nui o ke koho ʻana e ka hui ʻana me ka poʻe ma laila. A laila wau lanakila 'o ia!?! ʻAʻole wau i mākaukau e lanakila ... ʻAʻole wau i komo i kahi ʻahuʻule, he pālule wale nō a nākiʻi i ka hana. He pō kupaianaha ia, a he hopena pule kupaianaha ... a laila yeah ... Ua hoʻi wau i ka hale a noʻonoʻo, OK, pehea wau e luna ai ia? Aia kaomi. Akā i ka hopena ... hana wale ʻoe i kāu hana a lana ka manaʻo he maikaʻi. I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻopau wau i mau puke ʻelua a noʻonoʻo wau iaʻu iho, “OK, ʻĀ, maikaʻi ia e like me ka loaʻa. ʻO kou ʻoi loa ia. ” Makemake ʻoe e kū wale ʻoe ... akā kākau ʻoe i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe āu e haʻaheo ai a noʻonoʻo hou i ka mea like.

Hele ʻoluʻolu kāu mau moʻolelo i ka ʻāina erotica. ʻO kēia kahi hihia o ka moʻolelo e lawe iā ʻoe ma laila, a i ʻole he mea leʻaleʻa e hana ana ke noho ʻoe i lalo e kākau.   

ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i ke kumu o ka moekolohe a me ka weliweli i lilo ai i hui kime noʻu ... akā hele like maoli lākou. ʻO ka hapanui o nā manaʻo moʻolelo aʻu e manaʻo ai he mea erotic ia, ma ka liʻiliʻi iaʻu, me he mea lā hoʻohui ʻia i ka hoʻolālā. Kehena, i loko Kahi lā, ʻaʻole loa he moʻolelo ma waho o ia - ʻo ka moʻolelo e pili ana i kahi mau kāne i huki ʻia i kahi lāʻau moekolohe ma lalo o ka honua i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hale o kink e ʻike ʻia ma ka papa. A Sirenpili pono i ka hoʻowalewale ʻia o ka moekolohe - he aha ka hana a kahi Siren e alakaʻi ai i nā kāne i ko lākou make me ke mele a me ka hoʻowalewale maoli? Akā aia kekahi mau moʻolelo e pili pū kekahi me lākou. Ke Kanaka Pepe ʻAʻohe o mākou moekolohe i loko. ʻAʻole kāhea ka moʻolelo iā ia, no laila ʻaʻole ia ma laila.

Aia kekahi mau pilikana āu e waiho ai i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe a makemake paha ʻoe e kākau e pili ana i kekahi o lākou? Eia kekahi, he aha kahi moʻolelo āu e makemake ai e kākau akā ʻaʻole naʻe?

Nui a hewahewa nā puke moʻolelo i kākau ʻia e pili ana i nā mea pepehi kanaka serial a me nā mea hana hoʻomāinoino a me nā mea ʻai a me nā mea like. ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kekahi nutjob sadistic a hoʻāʻo e pakele. ʻAʻole kēlā ʻano weliweli kaʻu wahi hoihoi. Ua ʻōlelo mau wau, inā makemake wau e heluhelu e pili ana i nā kānaka hewa, hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i ka nūpepa. ʻO wau? Makemake au e heluhelu e pili ana i nā daimonio a me nā mea ola honua e wāwahi ana i nā puka i ko mākou ao. ʻO nā mea i ʻoi aku i kā mākou ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia wā. ʻO ia nā mea aʻu e makemake ai e heluhelu ... a penei kākau.

He mau manaʻo moʻolelo kaʻu i hōʻike ʻia e makemake wau e kākau; ʻo ka hapanui he mea daimonio iā lākou. ʻIke mau ʻia wau e ke kuʻina o nā daimonio amoral a me nā kānaka kūpono ʻole e pili ana a hōʻino ʻia ... ʻO ka puke hou loa i hoʻomaka wau e hana ʻo kahi hopena o ka Berita a mōhai. Ua hoʻomaka wau ma luna o ia i ʻelua mau manawa ... i kēia makahiki, ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo e ukali loa iā ia ma nā ala āpau.

Ke kākau piha nei paha ʻoe? A he aha kāu papa kuhikuhi / hana maʻamau (inā he hoʻokahi kāu)?

My pono ʻO ka makahiki kākau moʻolelo fiction i lawe ʻia ma lalo o ka hapalima o nā mea aʻu e hana ai i koʻu dayjob. No laila ʻaʻole ... ʻAʻole wau a ʻaʻole wau i kākau i ka wā piha i ka fiction (inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e helu i nā makahiki he mea kākau nūpepa wau. Akā ʻaʻole kēlā he kākau moʻolelo fiction). ʻAʻole wau i ʻike mua i ke kākau ʻana i ka manawa piha i ka fiction. ʻAʻole wale ia i nā kāleka no 95% o nā mea kākau, ke ʻole he kāne a lākou i hiki ke lawe mai i ka inikua olakino a hōʻoia i kahi loaʻa kālā maʻamau e uku i ka molaki. Akā maikaʻi kēlā. ʻO ia hoʻi ua noa wau e kākau i kaʻu makemake, ke makemake wau, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono iaʻu e hānai iaʻu iho me ia. ʻAʻohe kaomi e kākau i ka mea aʻu e ʻike e kūʻai aku a uku i nā bila, vs. ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e kākau. Makemake anei au e loaʻa hou ka manawa e hoʻolaʻa ai i kaʻu mau puke moʻolelo? ʻOiaʻiʻo. Akā makemake wau i ka ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ana iaʻu ke uku i ka molaki i ka mahina e hiki mai ana.

E like me kaʻu papa kuhikuhi? Hoʻololi maoli ia me kēlā me kēia puke. Aia kekahi mau puke i hana ʻia e ke ala ʻana i hoʻokahi hola i kēlā me kēia lā ma mua o ka hana no ʻekolu a ʻeono mahina (Siren). A aia kekahi mau puke aʻu i hilinaʻi ai i ka huki ʻana i nā kau marathon i hoʻokahi pō i ka pule ma hope o ka hana ʻana o ke ao no kekahi mau mahina ma kahi hale inu punahele (ʻO ke kanaka ʻumeke, ma hea lā). ʻO ka hapa nui i hui pū ʻia me kēlā mau kiʻina hana. Makemake wau e lilo i mea kākau "binge". E kākau wau e like me ka pupule no kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule i ka lālani a laila ʻaʻole wau e kākau no nā pule. Pili i ka mea e lawe mai nei ke ola i kēlā manawa!

Me ʻekolu mau keiki ma ka home, maopopo iaʻu kēlā! Ke hiki mai i ka noho ʻana i lalo a me ka hele ʻana i ka hana ʻo ʻoe nō kahi hoʻolālā a i kahi noho o ke kanaka palule?

Makemake au e hoʻokipa ʻia, no laila ke kākau wau, e haʻi ana i nā moʻolelo iaʻu iho. ʻO ka manaʻo ... ka noho o ka pālule. ʻOiai wau e kuhikuhi nei i ka hapa nui o kaʻu mau puke (kahi pono e kūʻai aku iā lākou ma mua o kā lākou kākau maoli ʻia ʻana), ua loaʻa iaʻu ka leʻaleʻa makapō lele lele a ke hana nei i ia i koʻu hele ʻana (mōhai a Ka Laau Ohana). A ʻoiai me nā outline, nui nā mea i hana ʻia i loko o kahi puke āu i manaʻo ʻole ai e hiki a hiki i ka manawa āu e kākau ai. ʻO ke kuhi like o Siren ma hope o ko Ligeia hoʻopaʻa paʻahao 100 mau makahiki ma mua o ka pae nui o ka puke? ʻAʻole i loko o ka outline i kūʻai aku i ka puke iā Leisure. A ua ʻōlelo kekahi poʻe heluhelu ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi loa o ka moʻolelo!

No laila ua hoʻomau ʻoe i ka launa pū ʻana me Don ke loaʻa iā ia ka gig ma Samhain? Ua hauʻoli loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana i laila ʻo Ronald Malfi (i waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe) e kiʻi ai i ka laina hou. Ma ke ʻano pā, makemake au e ʻike iā ʻoe ma laila pū kekahi. A laila kau i luna! Pehea ʻoe i hoʻololi ai iā ʻoe?

Ua noho paʻa wau me Don ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana iā Leisure, a ua hōʻike ʻo ia iaʻu i kona wā i pae ai. E kamaʻilio ana mākou e pili ana i kaʻu puke mua no Samhain e kokoke koke ana ma hope. Eia naʻe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole wau i maoli palapala ka puke i kēia manawa, ua aneane hoʻokahi makahiki o nā puke moʻolelo Samhain i puka i mua o kaʻu - no ka mea ua kūʻai ʻo ia i nā puke i hoʻopau ʻia i ka manawa like me kāna ʻaelike i kaʻu outline no Kahi lā.

Ua puka ka Tree Family i kēia manawa! ʻIke wau aia kahi mele Megadeth nona ka inoa like ... .e aha mākou no kēia puke hou?

ʻAʻole wau he poʻo kila, no laila ʻaʻole wau i ʻike i kēlā.

Nā Maka Violet, kaʻu ukali ia Kahi lā, i kia nui aku i ka nalo kolo ma mua o ka moekolohe. Ma hope o ka pupule "50 Shades hālāwai Hellraiser" hōʻike manaʻo o Kahi lā, Ua hele wau i kahi ala ʻē aʻe no Nā Maka Violet. aka, Ka Laau Ohana he hoʻi i ka weliweli me ka nui o nā erotic overtones. Hāpai ia i kahi mea mehameha, ʻo Scott Belvedere, ka mea i hoʻoilina i kahi hale hoʻokipa kahiko ma Appalachia. Ke hele ʻo ia e nānā a hoʻoholo inā e kūʻai aku a mālama paha iā ia, ʻike koke ʻo ia iā ia ke kumu o ke aloha moekolohe i ke kaikamahine a ka mea hoʻokipa, a ʻo kekahi mau hoa ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe o ka hale hoʻokipa. ʻAʻole gig maikaʻi ʻole ... akā no ke aha? A ʻo nā moʻolelo o nā mana curative o ka kohu o ka lāʻau i kūkulu maoli ʻia ka hale hoʻokipa, he ʻoiaʻiʻo? ʻIke ʻo Scott i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waiho ʻana i nā aʻa o kou ʻohana ... kanu ʻia.

Aloha au i kekahi moʻolelo weliweli i hoʻopuni ʻia a puni nā hōkele, hale hoʻokipa, a me nā papa ʻaina moe 'n! Kupanaha kēia kani! ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kali.

Ke hoʻololi iki nei i nā pale hana ... Ua hele au i kāu pūnaewele i kekahi mau manawa, akā maʻamau ʻike wale i ka ʻike o ka puke. ʻAkahi nō wau a ʻike i nā ʻāpana nā kiʻi noʻeau a me nā mele! ʻO kēia nā kuko mua naʻu? ʻO ʻoe ke kiʻi, mele, a i ʻole kākau paha ma mua a ma hea ʻoe i ʻike ai he kālena nui kāu?

ʻO ke mele koʻu aloha mua. Ke pāʻani nei wau i ka ʻokena i ʻelima mau makahiki, a ua kākau wau i nā mele i nā manawa āpau i ke kula papa. ʻAʻohe mea ʻike piha aʻe ma ka honua iaʻu ma mua o ke kākau ʻana a me ke hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi mele. Mai kuhi hewa - makemake au i ke kākau moʻolelo. Akā he mele maikaʻi? Hiki iā wau ke kau i kēlā ma ke kani hoʻokani a hoʻokani mau a pinepine a ʻoluʻolu i ka mele a me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokō ʻana i hana ai. ʻAʻohe oʻu makemake e heluhelu pinepine i kaʻu mau moʻolelo! Akā ʻo ka mea hope loa, nā mele no nā ʻōpio, a me nā mea hele. Manaʻo wau he kālena kaʻu a hiki ke hele i kekahi wahi ... akā inā makemake wau e kālā i nā mea āpau ʻē aʻe go no ia mea. A ʻaʻole wau makemake. Eia nō naʻe, pono wau e noʻonoʻo, inā paha e kākau mele ana, e kākau nei i nā moʻolelo, a i ʻole e hana ana i nā kiʻi uila no nā puke. Ua manaʻo wau e hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomau i kahi ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he mea kākau ma hope lōʻihi o ka pau ʻana o kahi ʻoihana "pop band" ... no laila ʻo ia ka mea aʻu i paʻa ai a kālele ana. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana āpau ... e like me kaʻu i makemake ai!

ʻIke pololei wau i kāu manaʻo. Ua pāʻani wau i nā pā kinipona no nā makahiki, a ʻo wau nō ka haku mele nui. Noʻu iho, ua kākau wau i mau mele he mau haneli weliweli, akā ke hiki au i kēlā "maikaʻi", hana ia nā kīʻaha āpau i mea nui. Akā aneane hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa i ke kākau a me ke mele, a e like me kāu i ʻōlelo ai, he pāʻani ia no ka ʻōpio.

Hana ʻoe i nā huakaʻi puke me kēlā me kēia hoʻokuʻu ʻana? He aha ka mea maʻamau iā ʻoe? Kau inoa pū ʻoe me kahi mea kākau (a inā ʻae i kēlā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi iā mākou i nā moʻolelo nui?)

Mai kahi aʻu e kū ai, he mea maikaʻi nā huakaʻi puke i nā wā i hala. Hana wau i nā huakaʻi puke ma waena o Midwest ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia kaʻu puke Leisure. E hoʻolālā wau i ʻumikūmālua mau kau inoa, a paʻi i kēlā me kēia Border a me Barnes & Noble i hiki iaʻu ma Chicagoland, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis ... a ma nā wahi a kaʻu lā e lawe ai iaʻu (ua kiʻi wau i nā kau inoa puke. ma Dallas, San Diego, Kapalakiko, Los Angels, Santa Fe, Albuquerque a me nā mahalo hou aku i nā huakaʻi dayjob!

Akā no kahi mea kākau papa waena, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā puke i ka hele wāwae ʻana o ka hale kūʻai e kūʻai i kāu mau puke i loko o ka hale kūʻai, a laila e pili pono ana i ka leona leʻaleʻa o nā pā e ʻike pono iā ʻoe. No laila ʻo ka mea e pono ai ka loaʻa mua o nā hale kūʻai i kāu mau puke ma mua a ma hope o kou ʻike ʻia. Me ka make ʻana o ke kaulahao Border, ʻaʻohe i kēia manawa ʻo IS kahi hale kūʻai kaulahao i loaʻa kahi ʻāpana weliweli. ʻO Barnes & Noble pālua iki i nā puke moʻolelo weliweli. No laila inā ʻoe e hana i kahi kau inoa puke, aia ia ma kahi hale kūʻai e lawe ʻole paha i kāu puke. ʻO ia, iaʻu, pono ʻole ka manawa. No ka mea ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ka hale kūʻai i kahi papa i kāu mau puke, ke pau kāu puke kau inoa puke? E hoʻihoʻi lākou i kāu mau puke āpau i ka mea paʻi a mālama ʻole i kekahi i ka hale kūʻai. ʻO ia ka ʻoʻoleʻa paʻakikī paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana i nā waihona puke. I nā lā kahiko, hiki iaʻu ke hele i ka Hale Kūʻai ʻo Border, kūʻai aku i 20 mau puke ma kahi kau inoa, a waiho i 20 mau mea hou aʻe ma ka hale kūʻai me nā autographes "autographed" ma nā uhi… a e hōʻike ʻia kēlā mau puke a kūʻai aku ma hope o kaʻu hala ʻana. A laila e kauoha hou aku ka hale kūʻai. ia ua kūpono ke hana - no ka mea ua kūkulu ʻoe i kahi moʻolelo kūʻai hoʻomaikaʻi i kou helehelena. I kēia manawa? Kūʻai aku au i nā puke hou aʻe ma o Amazon a ma nā ʻaha kūkā ma mua o kaʻu e hana nei ma o ke kaulahao ʻo Barnes & Noble, no ka mea ʻaʻole lākou e mālama i nā puke hoʻoweliweli i loaʻa i kā lākou hale kūʻai. No laila ... he aha ke kuhi o ka hana inoa ʻana ma laila? ʻAʻohe "huelo" ma hope o ka hanana.

Hana pinepine wau i nā ʻāpana ahi ʻelua i hiki iā ʻoe ke hele:

ʻO ka puke hope āu i heluhelu ai?

Ka Hui Kūkākūkā o Sātana na Mark Kirkbride. Ua noi ʻo ia iaʻu e blurb ia a aloha au iā ia! Ma mua o kēlā? Nā Māmā o Kelena. A maopopo iā ʻoe he aha? Ua hauʻoli wau i ka pō o inā. ʻO kahi loli māmā māmā ma hope o nā mea weliweli āpau aʻu e heluhelu ai.

ʻO kāu mele leʻaleʻa hewa?

Ke $ ha. “Gold Trans Am.” A i ʻole kekahi mea e ia. A maopopo iā ʻoe he aha? ʻAʻohe oʻu hewa iki.

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Hilahila ʻole i ke aloha Ke $ ha. Aia wau ma laila me ʻoe.

Kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻole weliweli?

Aia nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻole weliweli? Ha! Nui nā hāʻina i kēlā nīnau no ka mea nui nā ʻano like ʻole… a aloha au i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Nā mea i pili pū me aʻu? ʻO nā comedies Goofy e like me ʻO Johnny me ka weliweli a ʻOi aku ka make. Manaʻo-maikaʻi dramedies like Kamai Magnolias a Kāmala Kāleʻa Kūleʻa. ʻO He Ola Kupanaha - kahi aʻu i nānā ai kokoke i kēlā me kēia Kalikimaka no 40 mau makahiki. ʻO genius e like me Bladerunner, Pāʻani Pā pāpā ʻia, Brazil, Star Trek IV, Terminator a Star Wars. Papa inoa wau malihini ʻoiai kaʻu kiʻi ʻoniʻoni punahele o nā manawa āpau, akā ʻike mau wau i ka skews ʻoi aku ka weliweli ma mua o sci-fi. Pehea ka Incredibles? Ala akula ka p? Oh Monsters, Inc. or Kumuhana ʻElima? ʻO nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻohenehene e like me ʻo Machete a ʻo offbeat erotica makemake ka Image or ʻO Salo? A pehea e pili ana i nā huakaʻi hiki ʻole ke hoʻopoina ʻia e like me Barbarella? He aha e pili ana i ka papa inoa Hitchcock holoʻokoʻa (kahi weliweli, akā ʻoi loa thriller / pohihihi)? Pehea ʻo Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, John Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski a me Ingmar Bergman? ʻO Lucas, DePalma, Spielberg, Cameron, Lee, Zemeckis… ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kiʻi i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke koho i kahi hoʻokele punahele. Aloha nui au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni no kēlā.

Aloha au i ka nui o kēlā mau mea, pū kekahi. Pehea e pili ana i ka gʻO ka pia pia āu i ʻono ai?

Pohaku Brewing Arrogant Bastard. ʻO ke ʻano o ka mea aʻu e manaʻo ai e palu i kahi ʻīlio pulu, ʻelemakule.

John, mahalo nui loa no kēia hana pū ʻana me aʻu. Pono mākou e hopu i kēlā inu i kekahi manawa.

He pint kaʻu e kali nei iā ʻoe!

 

 

 

E ʻike iā John a me kona ʻaoʻao hewa ma kēia mau wahi:

Pūnaewele ʻo John (No kāna mau puke, blog, mele, nā kiʻi)

Waihona Puke ʻo John's Amazon