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I'm not inventing calculus during the plague, but on top of keeping my family safe and navigating all the sudden obstacles thrown in our way to simply cast a ballot, I'm diving deep into this new genre, in both form and content. In 2018, I joined a writer's group called The New Mythos, dedicated to exploring the idea that the SF world needed a new way of telling stories. Of course, we were all actively engaged in that before the group formed, but our collection of futurists and authors have been bouncing ideas around, sharing and poking at the concept. It's not limited to HopePunk, but that genre sits comfortably in this domain. The concept is not easy to quantify, much less put on the page. But it's exciting as all heck, and exactly what I feel driven to write right now.
And driven is the right word. For a while, I wasn't sure I could actually write this during the pandemic. Whether I had the energy and emotional bandwidth to rise to the challenge of this work. And the virus may yet scuttle my plans—it's already stricken friends and family. Planning anything in 2020 feels audacious.
But it feels urgent to write this right now, in the middle of all of this. Creating HopePunk at a time when things are hard, when everything is terrifying, and the world is fraught... that's what this genre was born from. That's the scream of the birthing, the cry of the newborn, the promise of new life.
It's all there. Right now.
So I'm taking the leap to tell you I'm working on this even though it's not done. Daring to invite you on the journey with me, even though I'm not at all sure we'll make it through. I am halfway through the first of four books, so that's something.
Nothing is Promised. It's the the truth... and also the title of the series.
More soon!
Peace and Love, Sue
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