Linda D. Addison

Linda Addison

Linda D. Addison (amụrụ n'abalị asatọ n'ọnwa Septemba, afọ 1952) bụ onye America na-ede uri ma na-ede akwụkwọ egwu, echiche efu, na akụkọ sayensị. Addison bụ onye mbụ onye Afrịka-Amerịka meriri ihe nrite Bram Stoker, nke o meriri ugboro ise. Ihe nrite abụọ mbụ bụ maka nchịkọta uri ya Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes (2001) na Being Full of Light, Insubstantial (2007). Nchịkọta uri na akụkọ ifo ya bụ How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend meriri ihe nrite Bram Stoker nke afọ 2011 maka ihe nrite Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection. O nwetara nke anọ nke HWA Bram Stoker maka nchịkọta The Four Elements, nke e dere ya na Marge Simon, Rain Graves, na Charlee Jacob. Bram Stoker nke ise ya bụ maka nchịkọta The Place of Broken Things, nke e dere ya na Alessandro Manzetti. Addison bụ onye guzobere otu edemede CITH (Circles in the Hair).

Okwu Ndị okwuru

• Ọ bụ ahụmahụ na-agba ume(to quote a cliche). Obi dị'm ụtọ nke ukwuu na eso'm na asọmpi nke ikpeazụ n'ime ndị bụ dike'm nke méré ọ bgatatụgị'm n'uche na m nwere ike i meri. Emume nturu ugo ahụ bụ nke emere na-mba New York nke mere ka ọ dịrị nne'm mfe i si na-mba Philly wee bịa maka emume nturu ugo ahụ. Ọ bụkwa ihe ịtụanya ị nata ihe nrite ya tinyekwa nne'm nọ ebe ahụ (ọ nwụrụ n'afọ 2009). Ọ bụ ya bụ onye nkwado'm kachasị nke pụtara ihe niile nye'm na ọ hụrụ oke nsọpụrụ a. Ekwuligi m okwu. E mèchàrà'm jikọọ Onye'm ị nwe ike mee ka nne'm kwụrụ ọtọ fere mmadụ niile aka. Nkea so n'otu n'ime ihe ncheta dị m ụto nke ukwuu.
  • How did it feel being the first Black Bram Stoker award winner?
• Amaghị m mgbe ahụ na abụ m onye mbụ meriri ihe nrite ndị ojii ruo mgbe mmadụ zụtara ya, m wee leghachi anya n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke ndị meriri na HWA Bram Stoker. Otu ihe dị egwu nke si na mmeri pụta bụ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị m, Germantown HS, na Philadelphia gwara m ka m kwuo okwu n'oge ngụcha akwụkwọ.
  • How did it feel being the first Black Bram Stoker award winner?

• Enwetara m ihe nrite HWA Bram Stoker® maka "Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes", nchịkọta uri nke Space & Time bipụtara, yana okwu mmalite nke otu n'ime ndị edemede m kacha amasị, Charlee Jacob na mkpuchi nke Colleen Crary, ihe osise ime ụlọ nke Marge Simon dere.
• Mgbe ọ pụtara, enwere m akwụkwọ mbụ m ga-edebanye aha maka Septemba 11, 2001 na Rockefeller Center na NYC. Ee, n'ụbọchị ahụ! E tinyere m akwụkwọ ahụ n'elu tebụl m n'ọrụ m kwa ụbọchị dịka onye na-emepụta ngwanrọ. Mgbe ụbọchị ahụ gwụchara, enweghị m ike ile anya na mkpuchi ahụ. A na-akpọ uri mbụ ahụ 'Ọkụ/Ọgụ', nke m na-ede ọtụtụ afọ tupu 9/11 mana na mberede ọ dị oke mkpa.
• Mgbe mụ na NYC na-agbalị ịchọta ihe ọhụrụ dị ka onye nkịtị mgbe e bibiri Ụlọ Elu ahụ, m ji nwayọọ nwayọọ laghachi n'akwụkwọ m. A gbara m ajụjụ ọnụ ugboro ole na ole gbasara aha akwụkwọ ahụ na uri mmalite.
  • For what did you win the award for?

• Ọ bụ nchịkọta uri m tinyere gburugburu echiche nke mgbanwe mgbe mbibi gasịrị. E nwere ngalaba atọ akpọrọ: Ihe Gara Njọ, N'etiti, Mgbanwe. Abụ ndị a na-ekpuchi ọtụtụ ụdị mfu na mgbanwe, dịka ọmụmaatụ: nne na-eru uju nwa furu efu, onye hụrụ n'anya furu efu, onye hụrụ ya n'anya na-abọ ọbọ, ọbụna mmadụ tụfuru mkpụrụ obi ya nye Chi nwanyị Voodoo..
  • What is it about?
• Mgbe m dere "Eriri, Reduced to Mara Mma Grey Ashes" a họpụtara m maka nchịkọta abụọ m dere naanị m wee merie ha abụọ: "Being989336 Full of Light, Insubstantial", nke bụ uri 100 (Space & Time, 2007) na "Otu esi amata mmụọ ọjọọ aghọwo enyi gị" nchịkọta nke akụkọ dị mkpirikpi na uri (Necon E-Books, 2011).
• Nchịkọta mmekorita, "Dark Duet" nke uri egwu nke e dere na Stephen M. Wilson, nke Necon E-Books 2012 bipụtara, dị na ntuli aka ikpeazụ. Nke a bụ nchịkọta pụrụ iche nye m. Stephen bịakwutere m na ọrụ ahụ, enwere m obi ụtọ ịrụ ọrụ na ya n'ihi na o dere uri ndị mere ka ọ dị iche na peeji ahụ, achọrọ m ịnwale ihe dị iche. Anyị rụkọrọ ọrụ ọnụ nke ọma, enwere m nnukwu mpako maka akwụkwọ a. N'ụzọ dị mwute, Stephen nwụrụ site na kansa na 2013.

• E nwetara ihe nrite HWA Bram Stoker nke anọ m na 2014 maka "Four Elements" ya na Charlee Jacob, Marge Simon & Rain Graves, nke Bad Moon Book bipụtara. Akwụkwọ ahụ nwere ngalaba anọ maka ihe anọ ahụ, Ụwa, Ọkụ, Mmiri na Ikuku. Onye ọ bụla n'ime anyị họọrọ otu ihe, nke m bụ Air nke m dere dị ka onye na-agafe oge na oghere. Amaara m ndị edemede ndị ọzọ ruo ọtụtụ afọ, ọ bụkwa nnukwu ihe ùgwù ịrụ ọrụ na ha ịmepụta nchịkọta ao
  • What other stories have you received nominations for?

• Aga m asị na ejirila m ndụ m niile na-ede akụkọ ifo, uri, wdg. Amalitere m ide ihe iji hụ onwe m n'akwụkwọ mgbe m nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị. E bipụtara m uri ole na ole na magazin ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị m. Ozugbo m gụsịrị akwụkwọ na kọleji, amalitere m itinye ọrụ nke ọma (na ịchịkọta ọtụtụ ajụjụ), n'ikpeazụ, ajụjụ ndị ahụ ghọrọ nkwenye n'ihe dị ka afọ 1994.
  • When did you start writing?
• Ihe niile gbara m gburugburu, akụkọ, ihe gara aga m, olileanya m maka ọdịnihu, ihe ọma na ihe ọjọọ niile ụmụ mmadụ na-eme ibe ha na ụwa. E si m na NYC kwaga Arizona na 2014 wee si n'obodo gaa n'ịbụ onye ugwu na okike gbara gburugburu. Ugwu na ọzara nwere mmetụta zuru oke n'ebe m nọ nke na-enyere m aka ilekwasị anya.
  • What inspires you to write?

• Dee, dee, dee. Dee kwa ụbọchị, ọbụlagodi na ọ bụ naanị nkeji ole na ole. Ekwenyere m na ọtụtụ ide ihe na-eme n'ime ụbụrụ anyị, yabụ ọ bụrụ na anyị anọdụ ala kwa ụbọchị, ụbụrụ anyị na-amata, 'ee, ka m wee pụta ugbu a', ọ ga-akọwapụta ihe ọ na-eche n'uche.

• Mara na ọbụlagodi mgbe ị naghị etinye okwu n'akwụkwọ/kọmputa, ị na-ede. Ndụ bụ ide ihe. Ihe niile anyị na-eme na-enye ihe okike nri, ọbụlagodi n'ụzọ ndị na-adịghị apụta ìhè.

• Edozila ihe mgbe ị na-ede ihe mbụ, naanị wepụta ya. Nke a bụ iwu m na-enwekarị nsogbu na ya n'ihi na amaara m àgwà m chọrọ, mana amaara m na ọ dị mkpa ide ya site na mmalite ruo na njedebe, uche onye nchịkọta akụkọ anaghị enyere m aka.

• Gụọ (ụdị ide ihe niile, ọbụna ụdị ị naghị eme), gee egwu, gaa na ihe ngosi nka. Enwere ike dị otú ahụ site na imepụta ihe, ọ dịkwa mkpa inye mmetụta niile nri.

• Ozugbo ọrụ gị dị mma nke ukwuu, ị ga-eme ka ọ dị mma. Zipụ ya! Etinyela oge na-eche ma a ga-anabata ya ma ọ bụ na a gaghị anabata ya, naanị wepụta ya n'ụlọ ma malite ihe ọhụrụ. Ọ bụrụ na ọ lọta ma ị nwee ike ime ka ọ ka mma, mee ya. Ọ bụrụ na ị nweghị ike ime ka ọ ka mma, zipụ ya. Anyị ndị edemede abụghị ndị kacha mma n'ọrụ anyị. N'ezie, ide ihe gị ga-aka mma ka ị na-ede ihe, ọ bụghị idegharị otu ihe ahụ.
  • What advice would you give other writers?

• Akwụkwọ niile m kwuru n'elu dị ka mbipụta na/maọbụ akwụkwọ eletrọniki. Njikọ ndị a dị na websaịtị m.
  • What are some books that you have available?