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- Community after the apocalypse — tool libraries, community gardens
- It’s about not waiting for permission, but seeing what is needed and doing something that will help — like these authors organized Romancing the Vote to raise money for Fair Fight in like 12 hours
- Hope isn’t lame — why are we all so scared we’ll be made fun of for thinking something good might happen?
- Preppers have no long-term plan — need community, can’t just stay in your commune
- Historical fiction actually isn’t that much more research than other genres
- A lot of dystopias never actually consider food production and logistics — food (especially tasty food) becomes leverage / power
- Our current food systems and supply lines are not resilient — need to grow a variety of crops as a community because no one has room to grow enough of everything
- Interesting when writing mirrors real life — writing dystopia during dystopia sucks 😂 — Alyssa was getting dx’d with ADHD at the same time (unintentionally) she was writing A Duke by Default with an ADHD lead
- Themes arise organically during writing… maybe before you’re ready to process a problem but getting started will work their way into the book
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