“For some, it’s their life story, for others it is their professional experience, and yet for others it is the story of their father or mother, their bosses, their community. “From the day I started working on his material, I started liking what I was doing and, now, all I want to do write a good story just like his,” he said, adding that he expects the book in question to be out late January or early February 2017.Īsked why and who should consider writing Simango had this to say: “Most people consider book writing as something reserved for gifted writers or popular people such as politicians and celebrities, which is a mistake because anyone can write a book as everyone has a story to tell and unique experiences to share.
He said his passion returned after a celebrity friend of his convinced him to help him write his book. Simango told Nyasa Times that he had been very reluctant to return to writing since he left the industry in 1999. “My target was to work with ten people but, in less than 24 hours, we are already beyond that number in terms of people who have expressed interest, however, the door will remain open for a short while as we are yet to see how many will actually meet the requirements,” he explained. If youd like to support my work, why not read my Fantasy novels The Honours and The Ice House, books 1 and 2 in The Honours series. Simango went on to explain that has since been swamped with requests for participation following the launch of the Challenge on his Facebook page. He said he will be working with interested Malawians to write and publish their own books where they will tell their stories of success and challenges, or that merely focus on issues of their profession or trade. Gwengwe, Ken Lipenga, the late Steve Chimombo will vanish into thin air,”Simango said in response to a Nyasa Times questionnaire. “The Malawi literary landscape is pathetic as there are very few books coming onto the market and, unless we start doing something about it, the legacy of Malawi’s accomplished writers such as J. Simango: Thinking aloud columnist back to creative writtingĬharles Simango, a former Editor-In-Chief for Times Group (formerly Blantyre Newspapers) and the popular but now defunct The Democrat Newspaper, says he has decided to commit most of his time in the coming year to help Malawi produce as many books as possible. My goal is to submit 4 stories a week to publications or. A book-writing challenge has been launched in Malawi where prospective authors will be working with an accomplished writer to have their book written in 30 working days. The challenge is fairly simple: To write one story a day of at least 750 words for the prompts that will be included in this pledge post.
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