Wolemba zopeka Alexis Henderson wapezeka kuti ali wokonzeka kukhala ndi buku loyambirira lomwe anthu sangayime kunena. Patha milungu iwiri kuchokera Chaka Chaufiti hit masitolo ogulitsa mabuku ndipo ngati zowunikirazo zikuwonetsa kuti ndi nthawi yoyamba tiziwona dzina lake m'zaka zikubwerazi.

Pakati pazokonda kwambiri, Henderson adapeza nthawi yolankhula ndi iHorror kuti akambirane momwe abweretse buku lake loyamba padziko lapansi kuyambira pomwe adayamba kufalitsa tsiku. Unali ulendo womwe udamusintha ndikumutsegula m'maso m'njira zomwe samayembekezera.

"Zinali zachilendo kwenikweni ndi bukuli," Henderson adalongosola. "Ndidangokhala ndi chithunzi chobwera m'mutu mwanga tsiku lina la mtsikana atagona m'nkhalango pansi pa cholengedwa ichi, Lilith, yemwe anali ndi thupi la mkazi komanso mutu wa chigaza. Nkhaniyo idasinthika kuchokera pamenepo. Ndimamva ngati ndikudziwa zambiri polemba bukuli, ndimangothamangitsa chithunzichi kuti ndiyesere kufotokoza. "

Mwanjira ina zinali ngati ntchito ya ofufuza kwa wolemba pomwe amafunafuna mayankho kuti mtsikanayo anali ndani, mphamvu zake zinali zotani, zomwe anali kumva, ndi zina zambiri.

Zomwe adawulula patsamba lino ndi nkhani ya mtsikana wamtundu wina wotchedwa Immanuelle Moore yemwe amakhala mdera loyera lotchedwa Beteli lomwe limawonetsa madera ena omwe tikukhalamo masiku ano. Amavomereza, komabe, kuti polemba zolemba zoyambirira, samazindikira kalilole kuti nkhani ya m'bukuli itha kukhala.

"Ndikulemba bukuli, ndinali nditasunthika kwambiri pamalingaliro a Immanuelle kotero kuti nthawi yoyamba kulemba sindikuganiza kuti ndidazindikira kuti dziko lidwala bwanji mpaka ndimalize kulembera," adatero. "Zinali zofunikira kwambiri mwakuti ndinali ngati ndikupeza kuya kwa mdima wa dziko lino pambali pake. Nditamaliza bukuli ndikusinkhasinkha za ilo, ndidakhala ngati ndazindikira kuchuluka kwa zomwe zikuwonetsa zaka zanga zakubadwa komanso momwe zimawonetsera mdima womwe ukuseweredwa mdziko lathuli. ”

Tidakambirana zambiri za Immanuelle ndi ulendo wake Chaka Chaufiti, zinaonekeratu kuti panali kulumikizana kotsimikizika pakati pa wolemba ndi mawonekedwe ake. Zomwe sitinazindikire ndikuti kulumikizana kunapangidwa pafupifupi kuyambira pachiyambi pomwe chithunzi choyamba cha khalidweli chimabwera kwa iye.

"Nditangopeza chithunzi cha Immanuelle kuthengo, ndinawona kuti anali wosakanikirana," anatero Henderson. "Panthawiyo, ndimakumbukira ndikuganiza o ali ngati ine. Sindine wosankhana. Ndine wakuda, koma ndasakanikirana ndi zinthu zambiri. Sindimakonda kuwona otchulidwa ngati ine kapena kudziwona ndekha ndikuwonetsedwa, ndipo pali kulakalaka kotereku kuwerenga mabuku onena zamantha kapena ufiti kapena zina zotero koma ndimatchulidwe omwe ndimatha kuwazindikira komanso omwe amawoneka ngati ine. Ndikuganiza, monga wowerenga, akungofuna kuwerenga nkhani ndikulandira zilembo zomwe zimandikumbukira kamodzi. ”

Henderson akuti iye ndi Immanuelle nawonso amasangalatsidwa ndi mdima, zomwe zimachitika mobwerezabwereza m'bukuli.

Monga ndidanenera kuyambira pachiyambi, bukuli lakhala limodzi mwazinthu zomwe zanenedwa kwambiri pazachinyengo zamtunduwu. Zambiri mwazomwezi zimakhudzana ndikuti Immanuelle amatsutsana ndi dongosolo lakale lakale ku Beteli ndipo ngakhale pali chikondi chomwe chimakhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi, samadalira iye kuti amupulumutse kapena kumuteteza pamavuto ake.

Chosangalatsa ndichakuti, Henderson adavomereza kuti awa ndi amodzi mwa malo omwe Immanuelle amatengera zomwe akufuna kuti akhale nazo.

"Ndikuganiza kuti chifukwa choti chidwi chake, samamufuna kapena kumudalira ndingakonde kutero," wolemba adalongosola. "Kukhala ndi mphamvu zakuti inde pali munthu amene mumamukonda koma simumadalira iwowo ndipo simufunikira kuti akhale olimba kapena kuti akwaniritse zinthu. Sindikudziwa momwe ndimapindulira ndi izi, koma ndichinthu chomwe ndimachiona kuti ndi chamtengo wapatali. Ndidzafunadi kukhala ngati Immanuelle ndikadzakula! ”

Pomwe bukuli lidamalizidwa atasinthiratu, Henderson adakumana ndi Boss Womaliza wolemba: tsiku lofalitsa. Sanadziwe kuti nthawiyo idzakhala yotani Chaka Chaufiti anapita kudziko lapansi ndipo sanakonzekere za momwe zingamumverere kuti ali pachiwopsezo.

"Ndizosangalatsa komanso zowopsa," adatero. “Ntchitoyi siidathe mpaka anthu atawerenga bukuli ndikuliyankha. Ndikuganiza kuti ndi gawo lofunikira pakupanga, kulemba, kusindikiza. Nthawi yomweyo, ndikuganiza kuti ndikanakhala ndikunama ngati ndikanati sizinali zowawa chifukwa zimamveka ngati ndikupereka chidutswa changa. Zimamveka ngati ndizochepa zanga. Ndikuganiza kuti ndizodabwitsa. Nkhaniyi ndi ya anthu ena pano mwanjira ina, koma nthawi yomweyo ndimaona ngati ndikupereka chidutswa changa. Zimangokhala ngati ndagulitsa zolemba zanga. ”

Ngakhale kapena mwina ngakhale zili choncho, Henderson pakadali pano akugwira ntchito yotsatira buku lomwe liziwombera pansi pazomwe zimachitika pambuyo zochitika za bukuli ndizosintha zomwe zidachitika mdziko la Beteli. Ndichinthu chomwe tikuyembekezera mwachidwi ndi kutulutsidwa kwake kwa 2021.

Pamene zokambirana zathu zimatha, sindinachitire mwina koma kulingaliranso zomwe Henderson adapanga Chaka Chaufiti. Nayi buku lomwe ndi lowopsa komanso logwetsa mtima lodzaza ndi zilembo zomwe zimadumpha kuchokera patsamba lino ndi dziko lomwe lilidi lenileni mutha kulimva mukuwerenga. Ndipo zonsezi zidabadwa kuchokera ku fano limodzi lomwe lidalowa m'malingaliro ake atsikana, mfiti, komanso nkhalango.

Izi ndiye njira yolembera bwino kwambiri. Uku ndiko kufunafuna kofunikira kwambiri, ndipo monga protagonist wake, Henderson amangoyenera kuwona ulendowu mpaka kumapeto. Ife, omvera, tapindula ndi njirayi monga momwe alili wolemba.

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