Inkampani yokushicilela i-Winlock Press ifakazele ukuthi iyisitolo esisodwa sokwethusa, i-adventure, ne-apocalypse. Abafundi bazozithola bedliwa yizindaba eziyingqayizivele nezimangalisayo zama-vampires, werewolves, ama-zombies nezilo. Ngathola injabulo enkulu egcwele umzimba wami lapho ngethulwa incwadi Imbiza Yeminwe: Incwadi Yokuqala ku-The Complicated Life of Deggie Tibbs. Umcabango wokufunda incwadi ekhuluma ngomthakathi wesimanje wangishaya indiva!

Umbhali uCindy Lou Hernandez uletha incazelo entsha ethokozisayo kubathakathi nemilingo emnyama lapho umthakathi osemusha u-Deggie Tibbs ethulwa kubafundi. U-Deggie usemncane futhi uzimele, owathi kusukela ekuqaleni, uzithola esesimweni esiyinkimbinkimbi. U-Deggie wenza isinqumo esisheshayo sokushiya isoka lakhe elikhohlisayo futhi afudukele endlini endala ebambe iso lakhe elizulazulayo. UDeggie uthola ngokushesha ukuthi le ndlu inomlando ongaqondakali futhi ihlala isipoki nedemoni. Igumbi elingaphansi alifani nanoma iyiphi enye, futhi into eyodwa eqoqa uthuli imbiza yeminwe yomuntu. U-Deegie uzophushelwa emkhawulweni, futhi amakhono akhe omlingo nokupela isipelingi kuzohlolwa ngokugcwele. U-Deegie kanye nabangane bakhe bazozama ukubuyisela leli dimoni esihogweni futhi basize isipoki esihlale kule ndlu endala iminyaka eminingi. Umhlaba ka-Deegie uzoba yingxenye yakho njengoba Umbhali uCindy Lou Hernandez ekubeka ngaphansi kwesipelingi sakhe, uzobona ukuthi sonke sine-smidgen ye-Deggie ngaphakathi.

UCindy Lou uzinike isikhathi sokuthuthukisa abalingisi bakhe, ikakhulukazi umlingiswa oholayo u-Deggie Tibbs. Ngahluleka ukuzibamba ngamthanda. U-Deggie uye waba nomsebenzi onzima wokunqoba isikhathi esidlule esinzima, futhi ngangizithola ngigigitheka ngenxa yokuhleka kwakhe engangikuthola kuthandeka. Umlingiswa wayihlanganisa indaba futhi waphuma wakhanyisa abanye. UCindy Lou ulethe ukubukeka okusha okuhlukile kubathakathi, umlingo kanye neziphonso ezibhalwe encwadini zaziyimbi futhi zijabulisa! Le ncwadi yayihamba kalula, futhi ngakwazi ukuhlala ngigxilile ngaphandle kwenkinga. Ngaqeda le ncwadi ngezinsuku ezimbili futhi ngazithola ngifuna okwengeziwe njengoba isiphetho sencwadi sasisondela. Uma uCindy Lou esebenzisa ifomula efanayo, ngiyazi ukuthi izincwadi ezimbili ezilandelayo kulolu chungechunge zizosebenza futhi zibe imilingo njengalena.

UCindy Lou uqedile I-Witch War ye-Fiddlehead Creek: Impilo Eyinkimbinkimbi kaDeggie Tibbs II. Incwadi kulindeleke ukuthi ibe khona ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo. UCindy Lou okwamanje ubhala isitolimende sesithathu ochungechungeni; Izipoki Eziyisikhombisa Ezibulalayo.

Thina lapha kwa-iHorror sikujabulele kakhulu ukuthola ithuba lokukhuluma nalo mbhali omangalisayo ngomsebenzi wakhe nomthakathi wakhe! Jabulela le ngxoxo yemilingo ekhethekile ye-iHorror.

iHorror: Ungasitshela kancane ngawe nangohambo lwakho lokuba umlobi?

CL Hernandez: Ngineminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-52, futhi bengilokhu ngibhala cishe iminyaka engama-40 yaleyo minyaka. Ukubhala ngobuciko kwakungesinye sezifundo engangizikhonzile esikoleni, futhi ngaze ngathatha izifundo ezimbalwa zeshabhu lokubhala ekolishi elincane lapho ngiseminyakeni yobusha. Abangane babevame ukungitshela ukuthi kufanele ngizame ukuthi umsebenzi wami ushicilelwe, kodwa angikaze ngicabange ukuthi “ngilunge ngokwanele” ngalokho.

Ngemva kokukhubazeka ngo-2010 kwadingeka ngiyeke umsebenzi wami, ngangingasenalutho ngaphandle kwesikhathi ezandleni zami, ngase nginquma ukuzama inhlanhla ngokuzishicilela. Ngibhale amaqoqo amabili amafushane wezindaba ezesabekayo, Ama-Cobwebs futhi I-Half-Dozen Horrors, futhi ngaphambi kokuthi ngazi, babethola ukubuyekezwa okuhle. Nganquma ukubhala inoveli yeNyanga Kazwelonke Yababhali Bamanoveli ngo-2012, ngakwazi ukuyiqeda ngezinsuku ezingama-28. Ngayipholisha futhi, ngokuphazima kweso, ngayithumela kumshicileli. Yamukelwa, futhi ngamangala ngendlela emangalisayo. Cabanga nje—umbhali omusha sha ethola inoveli yami yokuqala esemthethweni yamukelwe umshicileli wokuqala engayithumela kuye! (kunjalo, leyo noveli ibizwa Icala Elimangalisayo Lodokotela Wenhlupho YaseTuscan, futhi izokhishwa ngo-2016 ngabakwaBarking Rain Press).

Ngaleso sikhathi ngase ngiqhanyelwe. Ngibhalile Imbiza Yeminwe, eyamukelwa futhi yanyatheliswa ngabakwaWinlock Press ngoMeyi 2015. Incwadi yesibili ochungechungeni lwe-The Complicated Life of Deegie Tibbs ibizwa ngokuthi. I-Witch War ye-Fiddlehead Creek, futhi izotholakala maduze.

Ngicabanga ukuthi umuntu angathi ngisendleleni, kodwa ngisazikhahlela ngokungagxili kakhulu ngisemncane. Kungcono sekwephuzile kunanini ngaphambili, ngicabanga!

iH: Is Impilo Eyinkimbinkimbi kaDeegie Tibbs kuzoba i-trilogy? Noma ingabe abalandeli bangalindela okwengeziwe?

I-CLH: Yebo, kuzoba nezincwadi ezintathu ze-Deegie, ngaphandle uma abafundi bami befuna okwengeziwe. Njengamanje ngisebenzela incwadi yesithathu, Izipoki Eziyisikhombisa Ezibulalayo. Ngithemba ukuthi kukhona ucingo lwezincwadi eziningi ze-Deegie esikhathini esizayo, ngoba ngiyamthanda umthakathi wami omncane, futhi ngiyathanda ukubhala ngaye.

iH: Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umuntu angathandi “umthakathi wakho omncane oyisiwula?” Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi abafundi bazofuna okwengeziwe!

iH: Yini ekugqugquzele ukuthi ubhale Imbiza Yeminwe? Ingabe umlingiswa wakho u-Deegie unethonya kunoma ubani empilweni yakho?

I-CLH: Angikhumbuli ngempela ukuthi yini ephefumulelwe Imbiza Yeminwe. Kungenzeka ukuthi bengibuka imbiza yamakhukhamba futhi ngicabange ukuthi kwakuyiminwe. Yebo, ngiyayinqaba kanjalo. U-Deegie Tibbs usehlale ekhanda lami isikhathi eside. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ngangibambe iqhaza ekulingiseni kokubhala okubhaliwe ku-Facebook. Empeleni kubhalwa indaba nomunye umuntu usebenzisa abalingisi abasuka emcabangweni womuntu, noma encwadini, imuvi, noma uhlelo lwe-TV. U-Deegie wayengomunye wabalingiswa bami—ngokusuka emcabangweni wami, kunjalo!

iH: Yiziphi izincwadi, izindaba, kanye nababhali abebenethonya elikhulu ekuphileni kwakho?

I-CLH: Ngithonywe izincwadi eziningi, izindaba, nababhali. Lapho ngiseyingane, izintandokazi zami kwakuyizo Isiqhingi saseBlue Dolphins, nguScott O'Dell; I-Little House Series, nguLaura Ingalls Wilder; nanoma yini ka-Edgar Allen Poe. Izindaba ezimfishane ebezithanda Igumbi Lokubhebhana, nguWilliam Hope Hodgson (eyabhalwa ngo-1909); I-Second Night Out, kaFrank Belknap Long (1933); Umoya Ongenalwazi, ngu-HG Wells; futhi Amaswidi Kwamnandi, nguRobert Bloch.

Iminyaka yami yokukhula yathonywa uPeter Straub, uStephen King (ngokwemvelo), noGord Rollo I-Jigsaw Man. Ngiyayithanda leyo ncwadi! Ngiyifunde okungenani izikhathi ezingu-20! EkaWally Lamb ethi She's Come Undone ingenye intandokazi, njengoba kunjalo ngo-Augusten Burroughs' Running with Scissors. Indaba emfushane kaStephen King, 1922 iwubuciko obuphelele. Impela iyintandokazi yami kuzo zonke izindaba zakhe.

iH: Yiziphi ezinye izincwadi noma izindaba ozibhalile? Ingabe uzibona ubuyela emuva futhi uqhubeke nalezo zindaba esikhathini esizayo?

I-CLH: Ngaphezu kwalezi zincwadi ezishiwo ngenhla, ngibhale indaba emfushane ebizwa ngokuthi Ukuthinta Kowesifazane. Ikhuluma ngendlu enezixhwanguxhwangu engangihlala kuyo eminyakeni eminingi edlule—indaba eyiqiniso! Ngiphinde ngabhala amanoveli ambalwa eminyakeni edlule ngisebenzisa amapeni ebhola kanye nezincwadi zokubhalela eziboshwe nge-spiral. Lezi zalahleka ndawana thize phakathi nezinguquko ezimbalwa zendawo yokuhlala, kodwa ngisakhumbula ukuthi zazimayelana nani, futhi cishe ngizozivusa njengamanoveli esikhathi esizayo.

iH: Kwenziwa izinkomba ethi In A Jar of Fingers ngokuphathelene nomlingo omnyama, amakhambi, neziphonso. Ingabe wenze noma yiluphi uhlobo locwaningo ukusiza ekubhaleni kwakho?

I-CLH: Alukho ucwaningo oluningi olwaludingeka nhlobo. Ngifunde umlingo woMhlaba namakhambi emvelo iminyaka engu-20, ukuze ingxenye yendaba ka-Deegie ivele yazifikela. Iziphonso ezisetshenziswe ezincwadini zikaDeegie ziyinganekwane ngokuphelele, nokho.

iH: Ingabe ikhona ingxenye yenqubo yokubhala oyithola inzima? Uma zikhona, uzinqoba kanjani lezi zithiyo?

I-CLH: Kimina, ingxenye enzima kakhulu yokubhala umuzwa wokuthi angilungile ngokwanele. Eqinisweni, kuba kubi ngezinye izikhathi kangangokuthi ngiye ngicabange i-gremlin encane embi okuthiwa uMnu. Knotgudenov ihlezi ehlombe lami ihleba, “Wena suuuuuck! Nikeza uuuuuup! Uzenza isilima!” O, indlela engimdelela ngayo uMnu. Knotgudenov! Ngingakwazi ukuphunyuka ekubambeni kwakhe okubi, okungenani okwesikhashana, ngokucabanga amakati ami emudla ukudla kwasekuseni, noma okuthile okungenangqondo ngokulinganayo. Ngeshwa, uMnu. Knotgudenov uhlale ebuya ngokushesha noma kamuva.
Ngiphinde ngibe nezinkinga ngokubhala izigcawu zothando noma izigcawu zocansi. Empeleni ngimuhle kakhulu ekubhaleni izigcawu ezinama-mushy noma ezishisayo, kodwa ngiyazizonda nje.

Ukuziphromotha nakho kuyinkinga, kodwa ngiyayilungisa. Singamsola uMnu. Knotgudenov ngalokho, futhi.

iH: Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abaningi bethu bangaxhumana! Ngicabanga ukuthi uMnu. Knotgudenov wakho uke wangivakashela ezikhathini ezimbalwa kamuva nje!

iH: Sitshele kancane mayelana nekhava yakho yobuciko. Ubani owayiklama? Kungani uhambe nalesi sithombe/umsebenzi wobuciko?

I-CLH: Amakhava ezincwadi zikaDeegie enziwa uDean Samed ongenakuqhathaniswa. Ngiyayithanda indlela enza ngayo u-Deegie aphile, futhi i-creepy vibe iyamangaza! Amakhava ezincwadi zami ezizishicilele enziwa uwena ngempela. Ikhwalithi engeyona neze iphrofeshinali, kodwa ayimunyi kabi kakhulu.

iH: Yayiyini izinhloso zakho kanye nezinhloso zakho kule ncwadi, futhi uzizwa uphumelele kangakanani?

I-CLH: Umgomo wami we-Jar of Fingers, kanye nezinye izincwadi zikaDeegie kwakuwukudala into ehluke ngokuphelele kunoma iyiphi enye incwadi yezangoma. Ngokunikeza u-Deegie ukukhubazeka okuyingqayizivele, kanye nokuhlanganisa ezinye izici ezingaphezu kwemvelo, ngikholwa ukuthi ngiwufezile lo mgomo. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngalolu chungechunge. (Thula, Mnu. Knotgudenov)!

iH: Amaphrojekthi wesikhathi esizayo?

I-CLH: Uma nje ngiqeda incwadi yesithathu ka-Deegie, ngizobe ngibhala kabusha futhi ngandise inoveli engayibhala ngonyaka odlule ngeNyanga Kazwelonke Yababhali Bamanoveli. Kubizwa UZuri, futhi imayelana nempisi ehluke kakhulu. Lena izoba mnyama kakhulu futhi isabise kakhulu kunochungechunge lwe-Deegie. Ngizophinde ngizishicilele elinye iqoqo lezindaba ezimfushane, okungenzeka kube ngo-2016.

Cindy Lou, futhi, ngiyabonga kakhulu! Abalandeli bakho nabalandeli bakusasa nakanjani bazofuna okwengeziwe!

Hlanganyela noCindy Lou Hernandez ezinkundleni zokuxhumana!

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