Masiku angapo aja a Ian McKen adazindikira bwino zaka makumi awiri kuchokera pomwe adalumikizana ndi zomwe adapanga "Mbuye wa mphete". Polemekeza tsiku losaiwalika, adagawana ndi mafani a chilolezo cha zolemba zake, zomwe zidamutsogolera nthawi yake yabwino kwambiri yotsatira Petro Jackson.
Zaka 20 zapitazo ndidafika ku New Zealand powombera "mbuye wa mphete". Ndidalowa nawo gulu la filimuyo pa Januware 10, 2000. Nthawi yonseyi, ndinatsogolera magaziniyo, yotchedwa blog tsopano. Mungafune kuwerenga za nthawi mwachangu,
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Malinga ndi ulalo womwe McKeled adasiyidwa, aliyense angadzidziwe bwino, popeza tsogolo la Gadyal adadandaula ndi tanthauzo la malingaliro ake, reno reder rivendell, komanso zambiri.
Okutobala 14, 1999:
Chifukwa chake, ulendowo unayamba wopanda ine. Lolemba, October 11, Elia Wood ndi anyamata ena onse adasonkhana ku Hobbiton. Ndipo m'mene ndidamva, amachitira bwino.
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Januware 25, 2000:
Ku New Zealand, ndimamva kunyumba. Pafupifupi England, koma chilankhulo ndizofanana, mutha kugula chokoleti chomwecho ndi cadbury, pa dzina la badnote, ndipo m'magazini a Magazini ya Magazini ya Magazini ya Magazini.
NOVEMBA 27, 2001:
Ndiyenera kukuwuzani chiyani za "ubale wa mphete", womwe ine ndimangoyang'ana? Zachidziwikire, zochepa kuposa momwe mungafune. M'mawu oyambira, mawu achikazi akumveka (ndikuganiza, Ndani), Yemwe amabweretsa wowonera mdziko la Mediterrane, ngati kuti Petro Jackson adakutengerani pamenepo. Ulendowu unatenga maola awiri mphindi 45, ngakhale zidawoneka kwa ine kuti sizinali zoposa ola, zinali zosangalatsa.