Owerenga Amakondwerera Olemba

Mukudziwa kukoma kokoma kwa bukhu, kununkhiza, kutenga bulangeti ndi kapu yofunda ya tiyi ndikuyenda m'mawu a bukhulo? Inu muli ndi ngongole ya kumverera kumeneko kwa wolemba. Ngati mudafunako kukondwerera wolemba, Novembara 1 ndiye tsiku. Tsiku la National Author's Day limazindikiridwa ndi owerenga mabuku m'dziko lonselo ngati tsiku lokondwerera khama la wolemba zomwe mumakonda.

Paulendo wodumphira m'buku, sitikhala ndi kaye kaye kuti tivomereze khama lonse lomwe lachitika. Misozi, usiku kwambiri, kudzikayikira, komanso kulembanso kosatha ndi mbali zonse zomwe zimafunika kuti munthu akhale wolemba. Ndipo ndiye nsonga yeniyeni ya bukuli.

Ndikunena choncho chifukwa ndine wolemba. Panthawi ya mliriwu, pomwe ambiri adaphunzira kuphika buledi, luso lomwe ndidapeza zaka zambiri zapitazo, ndikuthokoza kuti ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala ndi nthawi yokulitsa chikondi changa cholemba ndikusindikiza mabuku awiri. Kundilembera kuli ngati nthawi yoyenda. Ndimatha kuyang'ana maiko omwe ndapanga m'mutu mwanga, kapena kukaonanso malo am'mbuyomu. Ine ndikhoza kubweretsa zidutswa za dziko izo mu moyo. Ndakhala ndi masiku okhala ndi laputopu yanga kwa maola ambiri kutsogolo kwa zenera langa. Masiku ena ankayandama ndipo kapu yanga ya khofi inkazizira pofika mphindi imodzi ndikamalemba. Masiku ena, ndalemba chiganizo chimodzi champhamvu ndikuchoka pa laputopu yanga kwa milungu ingapo.

Kwa wolemba, dziko lonse lapansi ndi mndandanda wazopanga. Ndimakhulupirira kwambiri kuti tonse ndife okamba nkhani, makamaka okonda mabuku. Timafunafuna nkhani zosaneneka patsamba lililonse. Ndimafuna chilimbikitso kuchokera kwa olemba ambiri omwe akuchulukirachulukira a olemba omwe ndimawakonda. Nthawi zonse sindimadzitcha wolemba. Ndikuganiza kuti ndikukula ndinayang'ana kwambiri pamikhalidwe ya anthu pazomwe ndimayenera kukhala, ndipo wolemba sanali pamndandanda wawo. Sindinakhalepo mpaka ndidakhala pamzere wakutsogolo ku Newman Center for the Performing Arts ku Denver pausiku wozizira, wachisanu wa Novembala. Nditagwira mabuku awiri apadera kwambiri m'manja mwanga, ndinamvetsera olemba. Ndinkawayang'ana pamene ankawerenga nkhani zawo komanso momwe mawu aliwonse amawonekera ngati kuwala kwa moyo wawo. Ndinamva ngati munthu yekhayo m'chipindamo pamene Julia Alvarez wotchuka ndi Kali Fajardo-Astine, Denverite mnzanga komanso wolemba mphoto Sabrina & Corina, amacheza za ulendo wa olemba awo. Julia anandigwira mtima atandiuza kuti, “Mukangowerenga, mumazindikira kuti pali nkhani imodzi yokha yomwe simunawerenge: yomwe munganene. Ndinazindikira kulimba mtima komwe ndinafunikira kuti ndilembe nkhani yanga kunali komweko, m'mawu amenewo. Choncho, tsiku lotsatira ndinayamba kulemba bukhu langa. Ndinazisiya kwa miyezi ingapo ndipo pamene mliriwo unatitengera zinthu zambiri komanso chowiringula changa cha nthawi, ndinapeza nthawi yokhala ndi kutsiriza zolemba zanga.

Tsopano, mabuku anga apanga kukhala pamndandanda wogulitsa kwambiri, ndipo kuchokera pazokambirana ndi owerenga ambiri, asintha miyoyo. Zinasinthadi moyo wanga kulemba mabuku onsewa. Ndikuganiza kuti ambiri mwa olemba omwe akukondwerera adamvanso chimodzimodzi.

Kondwerani ndi olemba pogula mabuku m'malo ogulitsa mabuku apafupi. Zomwe ndimakonda ndi West Side Books ndi Tattered Cover. Lembani ndemanga, amalangiza anzanu ndi okondedwa. Tili ndi mulu wa mabuku kuzungulira nyumba yathu ya nkhani zoti tinene. Kodi mungalowe m'dziko liti lerolino? Kodi mungakondweretse wolemba uti?