Podziwa kuti olemba angapereke uphungu wabwino kwambiri wa momwe angasindikizire mafilimu ndi zolemba zachidule , ndinakonza zokambirana ndi Jeanette Perez, Mkonzi Wogwirizana ndi HarperCollins ndi Harper Perennial. Perez adadula mano ku HarperCollins atamaliza sukulu ya grad, ndipo adapeza mayina monga Polly ndi Amy Bryant, Nyumba ya Yacoubian ndi Alaa Al Aswany, ndi Lonjezo Lopanda Kuwuzidwa ndi Jennifer McMahon.
Q: Ndi mtundu wanji wachinyengo womwe mumakhala nawo makamaka?
Jeanette Perez: Ngakhale ndikuyamba kufalitsa mndandandanda wanga wosasamala, monga kusalongosoka, kusalongosola, ndi chikhalidwe cha pop, ndimangopeka nthano. Kawirikawiri ndingakonde kupeza zowonjezera zamatsenga , zongopeka za akazi, ndi zabodza zomwe zimaimira miyambo ina monga Latin American fiction.
AC: Kodi okonza amafunanji mu olemba onse ndi maumboni ?
JP: Inde, tonsefe tikufuna chinachake chomwe chinalembedwa bwino, koma bukhuli liyenera kukhala ndi ndowe yomwe imakhala yosavuta. Ntchito yanga yambiri monga mkonzi ikugulitsa bukuli mkati mwa nyumba yathu, malonda, ndi malonda. Ngati ndingathe kuwapatsa bukuli mwachindunji ndikuwapatsa ndowe yomwe angagwiritse ntchito pogulitsa bukuli ku akaunti, bukuli liri ndi mwayi wabwino kwambiri pamsika.
Zomwe ndimayang'ana mwa wolemba, nthawi zonse zimakhala zabwino kuti ndikhale ndi wolemba yemwe walumikizidwa ku bukhu ladziko mwanjira ina.
Komanso, ndizodabwitsa kukhala ndi mlembi yemwe akufuna kutenga nthawi yake ndikugulitsa bukuli kupita ku mabitolo osungirako mabuku ndikudzifotokozera okha kapena kugwiritsa ntchito intaneti pa malo omwe tikhoza kulimbikitsa bukulo. Ena mwa olemba athu opambana akhala okonzeka kulemba ma webusaiti awo ndipo nthawi zonse amawatsitsimula masamba awo a MySpace kuti magulu awo apitirize kukula.
AC: Ndi amatsenga angati oyamba omwe mumasindikiza chaka chilichonse?
JP: Posachedwapa, pepala lathu lolembedwa ndi Harper Perennial ndilo kumene ambiri mwa olemba athu oyambirira akhala akufalitsidwa. Mfundo yaikulu ndi yakuti owerenga ali okonzeka kutenga mwayi kwa wolemba watsopano pamapepala, kumene mitengoyo ili yochepa. Ndimaganiza kuti buku loyambirira ndi lopindulitsa kwambiri kuti mlembi adziwe zotsatirazi, ndipo monga owerengera awo akukula, mwinamwake ndi buku lachiwiri kapena lachitatu, amatha kulumphira ku hardcover.
AC: Kodi mipukutu iyenera kukhala yotani kuti olemba ayambe kuwapereka kwa ofalitsa?
JP: Zimadalira buku kuti likhale buku. Nthawi zina zolembedwera zimakhala zokongola kwambiri ndipo ndondomeko yokonza ndi yowonjezera. Ngakhale nthawi zina, mukhoza kugula buku pogwiritsa ntchito mzere wolembapo ndipo kenako mumagwira ntchito ndi wolemba wina ndi mzere pamene akupereka chinthu chonsecho. Koma kawirikawiri, ngati mumagula chinthu chosakwanira kapena mukusowa ntchito yambiri, mumagulitsidwa pa nkhani kapena bukuli liri ndi malonda ambiri.
AC: Kodi mumalimbikitsa olembawo kuti alandire mawonekedwe asanayambe kulemba mabuku awo?
JP: Ndikudziwa kuti olemba amadana ndi lingaliro lopatsa wothandizila zinthu zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhalapo pang'ono, koma mawonekedwe ndi gawo lofunikira.
Choyamba, ndi ntchito yawo kudziwa omasulira ndi zofuna zawo, kotero m'malo molemba buku lanu lolembedwa ndi mkonzi amene amagula mabuku a sayansi chifukwa mwawona dzina lawo kwinakwake, wothandizira adziwa mkonzi yemwe ali woyenera kwambiri m'buku lanu. Komanso, pakabuka mavuto, monga momwe amachitira, wothandizira akhoza kuchita ngati mkhalapakati, kuwuza wolembayo pamene akupempha chinthu chomwe sichingatheke, kapena kumenyera wolembayo pamene akumva kuti ayenera. Eya, ndikuganiza kuti amithenga amapeza ntchito yomwe amapanga ndipo ndi zabwino kuti mlembi akhale nawo.
AC: Ndamva kuti makina ambiri osindikiza ayima kuganizira mozama zowonjezera. Kodi izi ndi zoona ku HarperCollins?
JP: Zomvetsa chisoni, pali zongowonjezera zambiri zomwe zimabwera kuchokera kwa antchito, kuti tilibe nthawi yowonanso zinthu zosagwiridwa zomwe zimalowa.
AC: Zanenedwa kuti makampani osindikizira asintha kwambiri zaka zaposachedwapa, kuti ntchito zina zomwe zapangidwa ndi okonza tsopano zikuchitidwa ndi othandizira. Kodi mungafotokoze bwanji udindo wanu monga mkonzi ku HarperCollins?
JP: Ine ndimakonda kukonza ndondomeko. Ngakhale antchito amachita pang'ono kusintha asanatumize mabukuwo, nthawi zambiri pamakhala ntchito zambiri zoti zichitike. Kugwira ntchito limodzi ndi olemba ndi kwa ine, mbali yabwino kwambiri ya ntchitoyi. Koma pokhapokha ndondomeko yomaliza yatha, gawo langa limasintha kuchokera ku mkonzi kwa wogulitsa ndi wogulitsa. Monga ndanenera kale, imodzi mwa maudindo anga ndikutsimikizira kuti aliyense m'nyumba amadziwa bukuli komanso chifukwa chake lidzakondwera ndi omvera.
AC: Kodi mungafotokoze mwachidule zomwe mlembi angayembekezere kamodzi kokha kalata yake itavomerezedwa?
JP: Bukulo likavomerezedwa, limatengera miyezi 9 lisanatulutsidwe. Pakati pa miyezi 9yi bukhuli ndi lopangidwa, lopangidwa, ndi lovomerezedwa kangapo. Wolemba adzafika kuti awone ndi kuvomereza chivundikiro chokonzekera ndi kukonza mkati ndikukhala ndi mwayi wowona kopopera. Mkonzi ayeneranso kutumiza bukhu kwa olemba ena chifukwa cha maulendo atangomaliza.
Pafupifupi miyezi 3-4 isanayambe kusindikizidwa, malonda ndi malonda adzatengedwa ndithu. Wolemba zamalonda adzapanga makalata akuluakulu a galley ku zofalitsa zomwe akuganiza kuti bukuli ndiloyenera ndikuika bukuli kuwonetsero za wailesi, ma TV, ndi magazini. Dipatimenti yogulitsa malonda ingatumize makalata akuluakulu kuti atumizire ogulitsa ndi olemba mabuku, omwe akugwira nawo ntchito zambiri kuti abweretse mabuku. Chinthu chabwino kwambiri chimene mlembi angakhoze kuchita ndi kulemba kalata kwa ogulitsa akufotokozera nkhani yomwe ili m'bukuli ndikudzifotokozera okha. Sizinayambe mofulumira kuti wolemba ayambe webusaiti kapena tsamba la MySpace.
AC: Kodi muli ndi malangizo omaliza kwa olemba ofuna kufalitsa?
JP: Musasiye kulemba ndipo musaleke kugonjera ntchito yanu kwa antchito ndi ofalitsa. Ndawona olemba ena okhumudwa akukhumudwa chifukwa sanaperekedwe ntchito pano, koma mwina buku lawo lotsatira lidzakhala limodzi. Ndikuganiza kuti zithandizira kwambiri pamene olemba adzalumikizana zokambirana kapena kutenga kalasi. Mwanjira imeneyo akhoza kupeza kutsutsidwa koyambirira kumene akusowa komanso kupanga olemba nawo palembedwe. Ndiponso, olemba abwino ndi owerenga kwambiri. Muyenera kuwerenga momwe mungathere. Ndipo pang'ono - olemba ambiri amayamika antchito awo mu kuvomereza. Ngati mukuyang'ana wothandizila, fufuzani mabuku omwe akufanana ndi anu ndikuwona omwe akuimira nawo. Mwanjira imeneyi mumadziwa omwe ali ndi chidwi choyimira mabuku ngati anu.