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“Bangu-2 kuphela abantu abeza kumbhali wami esayina, ngakho-ke ngangiphatheke kabi ngakho,” yena okuthunyelwe ku-Twitter. “Uhlobo lokucasuka, ngokweqiniso, futhi unamahloni kancane.”
Umbhali wenganekwane akazange azizwe edangele isikhathi eside kakhulu, nokho, njengoba ababhali bezinkanyezi ezivelele bangena ngokushesha ukuze babelane ngezinkumbulo zokusayiniswa kwezincwadi zabo okwase kubhebhetheke — okubonisa ukuthi kungenzeka kanjani. indlela ende eya empumelelweni nasekugcwaliseni amakamelo.
“Joyina iklabhu,” wabhala “Inganekwane Yencekukazi” umbhali uMargaret Atwood ephendula u-Banning. “Ngenza isignesha lapho Okungekho muntu owafika khona, ngaphandle komfana owayefuna ukuthenga i-Scotch tape futhi wacabanga ukuthi ngiwusizo.”
Joyina iklabhu. Ngenza ukusayina okungafikanga muntu kukho, ngaphandle komfana owayefuna ukuthenga i-Scotch tape futhi wacabanga ukuthi ngiwusizo. 🙂
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) Disemba 5, 2022
Umbhali owesabekayo othengisa kakhulu uStephen King naye kuphendula: “Ekusayineni kwami kokuqala kwe-SALEM’S LOT, nganginekhasimende elilodwa. Ingane eyisidudla eyathi, ‘Hey bud, uyazi ukuthi kukhona izincwadi zamaNazi?’”
Neil Gaiman okwabiwe inkumbulo yokusayina eNew York nozakwabo umlobi uTerry Pratchett okuthi “akekho muntu owafika kuye. Ngakho-ke niphezu kwethu,” kubhala yena.
Umlobi othi “One Day” uDavid Nicholls wanezela izinkumbulo zakhe: “Ooh, mfana, ziningi kakhulu ongabelana ngazo. Leyo lapho abasebenzi basesitolo sezincwadi bezenza amakhasimende ukuze ngingaphatheki kabi, ihlezi kimina,” ku-tweet.
“Umgcini Kadadewethu” umbhali uJodi Picoult kusho “wayehlezi enesizungu etafuleni lokusayinwa izikhathi eziningi ukuze kube khona osondelayo… futhi angibuze ukuthi ikuphi indlu yokugezela.”
“Sike saba khona sonke,” kusho Umbhali waseBrithani uMalorie Blackman, enikeza induduzo. “Ngake ngenza inkulumo emtatsheni wezincwadi kwafika abantu abahlanu, okuhlanganisa nomama owabeka izingane zakhe ezimbili ezisanda kuzalwa phambi kwami wabe esezihoxisa amasu ukuze athole ukuthula isikhashana.”
Ngike ngahlala ngedwa etafuleni lokusayina izikhathi eziningi ukuze kube khona osondelayo…bese engibuza ukuthi ikuphi indlu yokugezela.
– Jodi Picoult (@jodipicoult) Disemba 5, 2022
Umbhali waseKorea waseMelika uMin Jin Lee, owabhala “Pachinko,” kwengezwe ukuthi wake waya lapho kufundwa incwadi lapho kwafika “umzala womyeni wami” kuphela.
“Uyazi, abantu abaningi bacabanga ngababhali nababhali futhi bacabange nge-glitz nobukhazikhazi bemicimbi,” kusho u-Lee etshela iThe Post. “Empeleni, nokho, kuningi okunikezwayo ophaya abathobekile.”
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, u-Lee uthe unezinkulungwane zokusayinwa kwezincwadi nemicimbi ehlobene. “Kwesinye isikhathi ugcwalisa izinkundla. Kwesinye isikhathi, uba nenhlanhla uma umama wakho eqhamuka,” wengeza. “Kodwa okubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi othile ukukhathalele ngokwanele ukuba avele afunde okushoyo.”
Akakaze “emaphusheni akhe amakhulu kakhulu” u-Banning acabange ukuthi umzamo wakhe “wokuphumela obala” ungaphenduka umzuzu obalulekile wokusekelwa kwemibhalo yomhlaba wonke – okwabelwana ngayo izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-7,000 futhi kwazuza ukuthandwa okungaphezu kuka-77,000 ku-Twitter. NgoLwesithathu, i-debut yakhe inoveli“Yemiqhele Nezinganekwane” – eyokuqala ye-Camelot-set trilogy – yakhuphukela phezulu No. 1 othengisa kakhulu esigabeni se-Amazon esithi “Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy”. (Umsunguli we-Amazon uJeff Bezos ungumnikazi weThe Post.)
“Inhlansi” yenoveli ka-Banning ka-Arthurian yeza kuye ekilasini lesikole samabanga aphezulu sezincwadi zaseBrithani. Ubuye abe njalo emibukisweni ye-Renaissance kanye nomsebenzi wasemtatsheni wezincwadi wesikhathi esigcwele, owake wagqoka njengeNdlovukazi yakwa-Disney u-Elsa wase-“Frozen” emcimbini nezingane.
“Ngiqonde ukuthi, ngiyawathanda amafantasi. Ngakho-ke ngizama ukukwenza kube ngokoqobo ngangokunokwenzeka, ngicabanga,” kusho uBanning.
Manje, u-Banning uthe unethemba lokuthi kuzolandela imilingo eminingi njengoba esebenza encwadini yesibili ye-trilogy. Kodwa, okwamanje, uthe ngeke akwazi ukuzibamba kodwa azizwe sengathi yena ngokwakhe esikoleni samabanga aphezulu – lowo owaqala ukuthola “umbono ohlanyayo” wokubhala incwadi – uzomangala ngendlela indaba esenzeke ngayo kuze kube manje.
“Ubezoquleka,” kusho uBanning. “Ngithanda ukumtshela ukuthi angalinge ayeke ukubhala ngoba kuzothela izithelo — noma ngabe imibhalo yokuqala yencwadi ngakho cringey.”
