Scattered Stars

Spoken words

What is in the spoken words?

* Shout outs
* My opinion and analysis of the book.
* Vote of thanks

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Let me be honest I considered writing a book about Jessica and I would have called it Run Jesse, Run and you would get to know her entire life but I was like 🚮 too much work.

And then I wanted to write a story about Palesa called Sugar Daddy or Sugar Flower I'm on the fence about the title but then again I was like eh 🚮 maybe if I have time.

Eventually I will write at least one of these two books or maybe both I don't know because I have other projects in my drafts.
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Shout outs

I want to send a shout out to my day ones, the people who were there since the beginning of the book and have kept me encouraged throughout even though I felt like giving up.

KhensaniMasingi 💞
ManonoMokhele
pinksweet13
takie01

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My opinion and analysis of the book.

One thing I have learnt through out this book is to not judge a book by its cover and I believe that message was relayed throughout the book. From when Dian and Naledi meet, Dian automatically makes assumptions about Naledi and the township and almost everything he experiences right through the book. But once he pulls back from his expectations he allows himself to experience the beauty of everything around himself and he learns to forgive himself and form relationships.

When we meet Naledi we think we know her or the type of person she is. She is strong, she is smart and she is kind. But she is also cruel and dangerous which I believe reinforces that statement that all of us are capable of violence or murder when the situation requires us to be. Naledi to me represent most characteristics of women of colour and women in general. Whether it be her strength, wit, loving nature or vulnerability and I hope you were able to relate to at least one of her many characteristics.

I feel there was great character development throughout the book even though it wasn't entirely focused on Naledi and Dian's relationship but more so their lives because I believe in literature and life there should always be more to a person than seemingly the one thing we notice. Yes she and Dian had relationship problems and they were discovering their true feelings for one another but more than that there was so much more going on in their lives. A lot of people want to cry about their boyfriends or girlfriends and forget that the Earth will continue to revolve with or without them and don't make the mistake of thinking it will revolve around you.

Many of you might not understand or be happy with the ending but I feel if it was your typical happily ever after then the book would have lost the realism I tried so hard to put in.

To you it my seem over dramatic but to someone else it's their reality, people go through so much shit but because we are focused on our own shit we don't even know. The girl you pass on your way home everyday could be getting abused at home or the meals she gets from school could be the only one she has everyday. It's not your fault nor is it your responsibility but it is her reality.

Believe it or not Dian and Naledi's lives are quite similar. They lost their fathers, they both lost their older siblings because Victoria is not present in the book and no one knows of her where about except Dian's mother. Dian wanted to give up on his life without realising that certain people go through similar situations but ten times worse the book The light house keeper and his star is where they meet, Naledi and Dian. It's their cross road where their lives meet, that's when they realise their similarities and it's where I was hoping you would pick up on how similar their lives were even though Dian has more privileges.

There were hidden messages in chapter 45 that I hope at least one person picked up on.

The patient with the stab wound and knife lodged in his eyes in the emergency room is a reference to an event that happened here in South Africa.

A young man named Lindo was stabbed 21 times and was left with a knife lodged in his eye, the incident was a hate crime one against a gay person and unfortunately Lindo lost his life due to the severity of his wounds.

If there is any other hidden message you think you deciphered or you want to ask questions about anything You are more than welcome to ask or speculate, I will always answer your questions. Even if it's personal.

This wasn't a book about an interracial relationship but a South African book that highlighted the differences and inequalities many South Africans still suffer today no matter which margin they belong to.

Vote of thanks

I always thought this book would be a failure I am not sure if it was my anxiety or what but I am grateful to each one of you who took the time to read this book. I have come to discover that many of you are from around the globe so leave the name of your country and interesting fact about yourself or county in the comment sections.

I love you all, even my ghost readers. Thank you thank you thank you and I hope to continue this relationship with you in my other books.

Like this book I hope you realise that nothing is ever as it seems with the books that are to come.

Why do I write?

I want to share a truth I know only resides in myself. I want to validate the lives and struggle of the many who look in the mirror and say I am alone. I want to teach those without knowledge. I want to enlighten those who fear the truth. ~Tsidi

Freedom is what you do with what has been done to you.

Book completed on the 11th of April 2020