Thursday, October 31, 2024

Stephen King curiosities / Curiosidades de Stephen King

 

 Stephen King curiosities

Stephen and his wife Tabitha own three radio stations. They are the owners of Zone Radio, a company that manages their three radio stations.

At the age of four, he witnessed the death of a friend while they were playing on the train tracks. Stephen returned home telling his mother that the boy was hit by the train

King was hit by a pickup truck not far from his home in Maine in 1999. The incident left King with a collapsed lung, multiple fractures in his hip and leg, and a head injury.

Among the curiosities of Stephen King is the fact that, although he has written several scripts for adaptations of his works, the author has only directed one film in his entire career and decided he would never do it again.

Stephen King dusts off his electric guitar from time to time, and the same fingers that once wrote about the rage of Cujo or the paranoia of Annie in Misery now compose notes. In fact, he had a band in which he played guitar called Rock Bottom Remainders. He also wrote a musical about ghosts with a friend.

Stephen King, John Mellencamp, and T Bone Burnett collaborated on a musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, which debuted in 2012. The story is based on a house that Stephen bought in Indiana. Legend has it that three brothers were playing in the woods and accidentally shot one of them. The survivors got into a car to seek help but crashed into a tree and died. The three now haunt the woods near the mentioned house.

The writer stated in an interview, 'The first time I saw The Blair Witch Project, I was in the hospital and I was on medication. My son brought a VHS tape and said, 'You have to see this.' Halfway through, I said, 'Turn it off, it's too strange.

Stephen King's wife has also been a writer since a young age. In fact, they both attended a creative writing course in college, where they met. That's why it was no surprise that their children, Joe Hill and Owen Philip, are also writers.

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Curiosidades de Stephen King

Stephen y su esposa Tabitha poseen tres estaciones de radio, ellos son dueños de Zone Radio, una compañía que sirve para dirigir sus tres estaciones de radio.

A sus cuatro años presencio la muerte de un amigo mientras jugaban en las vias del tren. Stephen volvio a su casa diciendole a la madre que el muchacho fue atropellado por el tren

King fue atropellado por una camioneta no muy lejos de su casa en Maine en 1999. El incidente dejó a King con un pulmón colapsado, múltiples fracturas en la cadera, en una pierna, y una herida en su cabeza.

Dentro de las curiosidades de Stephen King tenemos el hecho de que, aunque ha escrito varios guiones de las adaptaciones de sus obras, el autor tan solo ha dirigido una película en toda su carrera, y decidió que nunca más lo volvería a hacer.

Stephen King desempolva de vez en cuando su guitarra eléctrica y los mismos dedos que antes escribían sobre la rabia de Cujo o sobre la paranoia de Annie en Misery, ahora componen notas. De hecho, tuvo una banda en la cual tocaba la guitarra, llamada Rock Bottom Remainders. Además escribió junto a un amigo un musical sobre fantasmas.

Stephen King, John Mellencamp y T Bone Burnett colaboraron en un musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, que tuvo su debut en el 2012. La historia está basada en una casa que Stephen compró en Indiana. Cuenta la leyenda que tres hermanos estaban jugando en el bosque y accidentalmente dispararon a uno de ellos. Los que sobrevivieron se subieron al auto para buscar ayuda, pero chocaron contra un árbol y murieron.
Los tres ahora acechaban en el bosque junto a la casa mencionada.

El escritor declaro en una entrevista "La primera vez que vi El proyecto de la Bruja de Blair estaba en el hospital y estaba drogado. Mi hijo trajo una cinta VHS y me dijo: 'Tienes que ver esto'. A la mitad dije: 'Apágalo, es demasiado extraño'".

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Curiosities about J.K. Rowling part two / Curiosidades de jk rowling parte dos

 


Her favorite characters from Harry Potter were Lupin and Hagrid.

Hermione was based on Rowling herself when she was eleven, which is why Hermione's Patronus is an otter, as it is the author's favorite animal.

Before selling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, she received government assistance to make ends meet, as she was a woman with a low income.

Today, she owns three properties.

Upon graduating from high school, she enrolled in a Modern Languages program, from which many of her character names and spells originated, most of which are Latin words.

She worked as a secretary at Amnesty International, where she learned about the harsh realities faced by people in various countries, which later inspired her to create several organizations to help the underprivileged.

Her favorite author is Jane Austen.

For a time, she stopped being a billionaire and returned to being a millionaire due to all the money she donated to charitable organizations.

 

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Sus personajes favoritos de Harry Potter fueron Lupin y Hagrid.

Hermione fue basada en la propia Rowling cuando tenía once años, por eso el patronus de Hermione es una nutria, porque es el animal favorito de la escritora.

Antes de vender el libro Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal, ella recibía ayuda del gobierno para mantenerse, ya que era una mujer de pocos ingresos.

Hoy en día tiene tres propiedades

Al graduarse de la preparatoria, ingresó a la carrera de Lenguas Modernas, de ahí salieron varios de los nombres de sus personajes y conjuros, que en su mayoría son palabras en latín.

Trabajó como secretaria en Amnistía Internacional, donde conoció la triste realidad que enfrentan las personas en distintos países, por lo que más tarde creó varias organizaciones a favor de los desfavorecidos.

Su autora favorita es Jane Austen.

Por un tiempo dejó de ser billonaria y regresó a ser millonaria por todo el dinero que donó a organizaciones caritativas.


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Friday, October 18, 2024

First chapter of my horror novella. Voices.

Chapter 1: The Girl

I entered my room crying. Darkness accompanied the silence that

was inside. Loneliness burned me.

“My life is horrible,” I said out loud.

"*I know,*" a soft voice answered.

"Ah, you were there."

"*Yes, as always.*"

"I thought you were gone."

"*No.*"

There was total silence. I only heard my tears hitting my pillow as they fell.

"*Tell me, why are you crying today?*" asked the voice.

"Because I am a failure. Let's just say it's the same thing as always."

"*Oh Yes. Knowing you have nothing to live for makes you want to cry.*"

"I wish I'd never been born."

"*How about we do it?*"

"If we do it? If we do what?"

"*We jumped from the roof of the building.*"

"We jump?"

"*Yes, it will be easier.*"

Silence again.

"I really wished to be everything I dreamed of."

Silence.

"Okay, let's jump."

"*Are you ready?*"

Again, silence.

"*Okay, let's go to the roof.*"

I walked barefoot through the hallways of the building. Each step I gave was soft and delicate as if I wanted to leave only an ephemeral trace of my presence in that place. With determination and confidence in my movements, I climb the steps, one by one, without hesitation, braving

the coldness of the ground under my bare feet. The ceramics woke me up while I thought about what would be the last sound I would hear, whether the wind in my ears as I fell or the explosion of my body against the concrete of the street.

I finally reached the door; it was open. It was always open because the neighbors hung their clothes there, after washing them.

"I would have liked someone to care."

"*Are you going to miss you?*" asked the voice behind me.

"You finally answered. Are you going to miss me?"

Silence.

I was alone, there was no one to stop me. I stood on the edge of the

ledge and without thinking about the consequences for others, I jumped. I must have fainted because my question was never answered. The last

thing I heard was a “*Goodbye*” from the voice that's always with me. That voice that's inside my head every day and is my only companion.

 

Voices, release date: Oct 30. Amazon. In English and Spanish.

Kindle 1 dollar. printing 5 dollars.