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The King Cast has an interview posted with Marsha DeFilippo. This one is really good!
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DeFlippo is Ms. Mod at the King website. "I couldn't ask for a better boss to work for," she says about King. The interview is posted in full and is easy to access. The question answer session is really interesting. For instance, she doesn't like chocolate. Stunning! The interview is just over 40 minutes.
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Here are a few of quick notes. . .
.She started working for king as a "Kelly girl." Cool. . . I once worked as a "Kelly Girl." She typed Eyes of the Dragon -- the book I'm currently reading. She also typed Tommyknockers onto disks to be sent to publisher. She did her work on a wang word processor with 8in floppy disks!
.She notes that one reason for the website is to offer accurate information. If you wonder if such a site is needed, just google who will be cast int he upcoming Dark Tower movies. There's a lot of opinions out there, but not all of it is backed up. Personally, I tend to trust King's own site for news and Lilja's library.
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Also discussed are King's two ideas for books. Dr. Sleep and the next Dark Tower book (Wind through the Keyhole). The website was used to poll King's readers, just to determine the mood.
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Interesting, she says that horror is not her preferred genre. So who does she read? Well, truth is -- she doesn't read much because that's what she does all day long!
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What impresses her about King? "That he has kept his roots." She shares how King is a very ordinary person, not tainted by his public persona. He's humble.
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I really liked her talking about how things quiet down in between book releases. Found myself thinking, that's probably the time King likes the most -- when the world backs off and he's just allowed to write books.
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Here's a funny question someone submitted: With so many cuss words in his books -- why can't people cuss on the board? The answer: Books are age appropriate, while anyone can click on a site -- including younger children.
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She mentions more than once that she is very cognizant of the fact she represents King. What she says or does could reflect on him.
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Oh, and bummer. . . she says that we will not see the rest of the Cannibals. Man! I was hoping to read the rest of that. I really really enjoyed what was published.
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There is not a huge office at work behind Stephen King. No factory of workers! It's just King and a couple of secretaries.
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Okay. . . stop reading my notes and go listen to the interview! It's fantastic.
http://thekingcast.ca/site/?p=129
good synapsis of the interview. don't really know what a "Kelly Girl" is. also didn't know he had people type his books for him, thought that was more Robert Jordan's (RIP) area. He doesn't mention anything about it in 'On Writing', there again I don't know much of anything about the world of a publishing author.
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ReplyDeleteKelly Girl is a temp agency. YOu call them when you need short term office work done.
The work of typing his books had to do with typing them on to disk to be sent to publishers. I'm surprised that job fell to the author, actually.
Thanks for the clearification, and information. In Robert Jordan's case, he's blind and narrarates his books to tape and his wife would put them to paper - first draft stuff.
ReplyDeleteWOW! I didn't know that about Robert Jordan. That's really cool.
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