Hlomu series author puts her pen away, for now

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Penning the last installment of the Hlomu series titled The End has been a bittersweet journey for Dudu Busani-Dube.

“I started writing this book a few months after publishing“That is when I decided that it will be my last. The initial plan was to circle back to the original characters, Hlomu and Mqhele, and end it with them. But along the way, I decided to structure it differently and go into pretty much everyone, including the kids who are grown now,” said the author. “I wanted to connect with all the characters and give them some presence.

And as her books blew up, her life changed drastically. So much so that she felt that she started to lose herself and could not recognise herself outside of the books.series and had to go to therapy. I just reconnected with myself recently, to the Dudu that I was before the books. But over and above that, the books have given me so much financial freedom, also being able to have an impact as someone who is now influential.

“I also encourage them not to read my books until they are older because I touch on a lot of toxicity and I wouldn’t want them to think that is okay in love,” she said.

 

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