Dear Mrs. Malorie Blackman,
I hope this letter finds you in good health, excellent mood and abundant
happiness. As for me, I am just praying that one day you come across this and
your majesty graciously consent and approve this request.
My name is Lunga and I am writing this letter to express my utmost love
and admiration for you. I read “Noughts and Crosses” six or five years ago and I
saw it as a revolution in writing, not only because of the exceptional script
of a reverse world of blacks and whites, their love or their bravery but how
you allowed us to transport ourselves to another dimension by listening to
their thoughts. The fact that they were both narrators and I could hear them
made the novel so real.
There is this scene that Sephy and Callum were kissing, and Sephy says/thinks
“Like if we could just
love long enough and hard enough and deep enough, then the world outside would
never, could never hurt us.” I felt my soul shivering. It said everything I wanted
to say, everything I have longed for on this earth. There’re so many things
that I want to mention that really shaped me and made me realize writing and
film is my life. I believe that true happiness is the simple act of watching a
movie of the book you once read.
There are scenes that you definitely broke all the boundaries. For
instance, how Callum’s sister wanted to be darker…Wow! It sent a message to us
blacks to love ourselves. For you to send such an encrypted and strong message
through fiction, it speaks volumes. I am a true believer that writers are angels
sent from above with the intent to make the world better.
Since the day I finished the book, I can still hear Sephy calling Callum
when he was about to be hanged. And the fact that you allowed us to know his
last thoughts and her last thoughts when she was about to lose the love of her
life, was breathtaking. Been a victim of so many losses, I always wondered what
they were thinking before passing. Thanks for creating Sephy and Callum. Thanks
for existing.
Fiction is hope and it
has been my solace when I was almost losing my bipolar self. And your work has been
life changing for me and truly an inspiration to create my first trilogy “Read
my book”. I believe a trilogy is more kind to we avid readers, it makes the
characters live longer. ‘Read my book’ tells the story of Jodi Collins, a white
girl who falls in love with a much older black man. Familiar, right?
“Noughts
and crosses” was a genius piece, though reading it, I was able to see your gift,
passion, creativity and work ethic. If you are reading this, I humbly ask you to consider
giving me the privilege to work with you. If by any chance in the near
future,
you need an intern or an assistant, I would like to come work with you
for some time, wherever you are and whatever masterpiece you are working
on please. I
will sponsor myself and I won’t disturb
you in any way.
Kindly allow me to be part of your vicinity.
Kind Regards
Lunga
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