Baninzi ababhali kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye bayanda bayakhuthazwa ukuba bapapashe iincwadi zabo. Nangona, ayizizo zonke ezinokuphumelela. Nangona kunjalo, kwimeko kaKate Morton, yenzekile, ukusukela oko kwapapashwa inoveli yakhe yokuqala.
Para muchos, UKate Morton yindibaniselwano yababhali abaliqela boncwadi. Nangona ibipapashwa ukusukela ngo-2006, ayinayo imisebenzi emininzi kwintengiso, kodwa zonke zibangele uvakalelo xa zikhutshiwe. Ngaba ufuna ukwazi okungakumbi ngaye? Ungalibali ukujonga oko sikulungiselele kona.
Ngubani uKate Morton
Wakhe weva ngoKate Morton? Ewe mhlawumbi, ukuba ungumlandeli ka-athagatha Christie, kufanelekile, kuba uninzi lumdibanisa naye ngenxa yendlela abalisa ngayo. Kodwa ngubani ngokwenene lo mbhali?
UKate Morton wazalelwa e-Australia ngo-1976. Kusapho olunodade abathathu, yena engoyena mdala, wabandezeleka kaninzi de ekugqibeleni usapho lwakhe lwahlala kwiNtaba yeTamborine. Apho, wafunda kwisikolo esisemaphandleni apho, ngokwe-akhawunti, wayekuthanda ukufunda, ngakumbi ababhali besimo sika-Enid Blyton.
Ukutyhubela iminyaka, uncwadi belumthatha kakubi, owagqiba kwelokuthweswa isidanga kwiNtetho nakwiDrama kwiTrinity College, eLondon. Ukongeza, kwakuloo nyaka wenza ikhosi yehlobo kwiRoyal Academy yeDrama Art.
Kwiminyaka kamva, waphumelela ngeembasa kuLwimi lwesiNgesi kwiDyunivesithi yaseQueensland apho wayesele eqala khona ukubhala. Ngapha koko, kuyaziwa ukuba wabhala amabali amabini amade ngelo xesha, kodwa abakakuboni ukukhanya, kuba into yokuqala awayipapashayo yinoveli, iThe Riverton House, ngo-2006.
Yayinjalo ipeni yakhe ukuba wanikwa isifundi sokwenza isidanga senkosi kwintlekele kuncwadi lwama-Victorian, kwaye nangona ephumelele, ubhalise kwinkqubo yobugqirha apho ahlalutya iinoveli zelixesha ezixuba zombini iimfihlakalo kunye neziGothic element.
Ngokwam, UKate Morton utshatile kunye nabantwana abathathu. Uhlala e-Australia, ngakumbi eBrisbane, kwaye nangona engashicileli rhoqo, kuba khange apapashe kwiminyaka embalwa, xa kuphuma incwadi yakhe, ukuthengisa kuqinisekisiwe kungekuphela kwilizwe lakhe, kodwa nakwabanye kulindwe izinto ezintsha zombhali.
Iimpawu zepeni kaKate Morton
Akukho mathandabuzo ukuba uKate Morton ngumbhali owaziwayo kwihlabathi liphela. Iincwadi zakhe azipapashwanga e-Australia kuphela, kodwa zinqumle imida. Sithetha ngawe kufuneka ube nebhongo ngokuba iincwadi zakho zipapashwe kumazwe ahlukeneyo angama-38, zithengisa iikopi ezizizigidi ezithathu kunye nabo.
Kodwa, Yintoni ebangela ukuba uKate Morton akhetheke? Ngokwabanye abafundi kunye neengcali, iya kuba yindlela yakhe yokubhala, oko kukuthi, ipeni yakhe. Phakathi kweempawu ezichaza kakhulu, sifumana oku kulandelayo:
- Ukubhala okumnandi kakhulu. Ngengqiqo yokuba kulula ukuyiqonda, ilula, kodwa ukhetha kakuhle amagama ofuna ukubanakho ukufikelela kumfundi.
- Iinoveli ngovelwano. Kungenxa yokuba abafundi banokuziva kwaye bazive ukuba umbhali ufuna ukugqithisa ngamagama, into ephunyezwa ngababhali abambalwa kodwa ethi, xa besenza, kube lula kakhulu ukunxibelelana nebali kunye nabalinganiswa.
- Indlalifa kubabhali abakhulu. Kwaye ayisiyiyo le nto kuthiwa unje ngo-athagatha Christie, kodwa unomxube phakathi kwalo mbhali wolwaphulo-mthetho kunye noodade baseBrontë, oko kukuthi, ukuthandana, ukumangalisa kwaye ekusa apho afuna khona ungakhange uqaphele kwaye ngaphandle kokulindela ukuphela, ngenxa yokuguquka anikela ngako kwimisebenzi yakhe.
- Ingcali enkulu yexesha apho abeka khona iinoveli zakhe. Kule meko, sithetha ngexesha lama-Victorian, kwaye ubhala ngolwazi olwaneleyo kokulungileyo nokubi, njengeemfazwe apho abalinganiswa bakhe baneziphumo zento athe wayifumana. Kwaye, usenokufunda malunga nokuthamba kweemvakalelo, ezinje ngobukrakra kunye nenkohlakalo yezi.
Zeziphi iincwadi ozibhalileyo?
Okokugqibela, kwaye ngaphambi kokugqiba inqaku lethu, sifuna ukukuxelela ngemisebenzi eyahlukeneyo umbhali anayo kwintengiso, kuba okwangoku akukho zindaba zabanye ezisezayo (nangona ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuthi).
Ngokwenene Impumelelo yakhe enkulu yincwadi yakhe yokuqala, iThe Riverton House, apho ibibekwa njengowona mthengisi ubalaseleyo kwiCawa yamaCawa e-UK, kwaye kwenzeka okufanayo ngo-2008 eNew York Tomes. Ukongeza, yayikukufumana kwakhe amabhaso aliqela, anjengeNcwadi yoNyaka kwiFiction Jikelele kumaBhaso ka-2007 e-Australia; okanye njengeyona Ncwadi idumileyo kwiiMbasa zeNcwadi zaseBritane.
Incwadi yesibini ayipapashayo nayo ilandele ekhondweni lokuqala, ekumgangatho ophambili njengowona mthengisi uphambili e-Australia nase-United Kingdom. Ezi ncwadi zilandelayo, nangona ziye zaphumelela, akukho zikhombisi zazo nangona kusaziwa ukuba ziphumelele kwintengiso ngenxa yamanani esinayo avela kulo mbhali.
Ngokukodwa, ngoku uya kuba nakho ukudibana:
- Indlu kaRiverton
- Igadi elityelweyo
- Iiyure ezikude
- Imfihlo yokuzalwa
- Ndlela-ntle yokugqibela
- Intombi yoMlindi
Zonke iinoveli zakhe luphawulwa ngokudibanisa imbali yamandulo (Ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, ngekhulu lama-XNUMX) nomnye wangoku, Ukwenza ukuba wazi iindlela ezimbini ezahlukeneyo kwicebo elinye.
Ngaphandle kweenoveli azipapasileyo, kwiwebhusayithi yakhe, nakwisiNgesi, unokufunda ezinye iintlobo zemisebenzi ngumbhali, ngebhlog yakhe, ke ukuba uyazi isiNgesi, yindlela yokusondela kwamanye amabali umbhali.
Okwangoku, azikho iindaba zomsebenzi omtsha, zakutshanje ziyiNtombi yoMlindi, epapashwe ngo-2018. Iinoveli zokuqala zakhutshwa ngomda weminyaka emibini, kodwa ezimbini zokugqibela zithathe ezi-3 ukuzikhupha, kungoko kunjalo kunokwenzeka ukuba nge-2021-2022 kuyakubakho isibhengezo senoveli entsha.