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7-31-19Often I wonder why I took the time to write. I felt compelled to put down the ideas in my head but until recently I didn't know why, when I read this twitter thread by @kat_kuhl: https://twi...view more7-31-19Often I wonder why I took the time to write. I felt compelled to put down the ideas in my head but until recently I didn't know why, when I read this twitter thread by @kat_kuhl: https://twitter.com/kat_kuhl_/status/1156246912879738882paraphrased here:"...I adore mythologies. All of this stuff that I get sullen over is owned by [corporations] BECAUSE people love it and tell stories about it and want to hear more (making them valuable $$ assets) so there's the potential for us to do the good work of storytelling through them...It's hard for me to love star wars fully, because star wars is a corporate entity that spews propoganda, often carelessly. It's one of our mythologies with potential, but i don't think it's in the hands of people who care about us learning to do anything other than obey and buy...This is how I feel about superhero stuff, disney period, any form of storytelling you'd think of as culturally important that is now owned by a corporation instead of the people. I can't love a corporate agent."I agree. It's as important to write and tell your own stories as much as free speech is a right. I love Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, etc. But how long did I have to wait, do I have to wait, for them to tell the stories I want to here with the characters I love? So I did it myself.Here you will find a story, and soon many more, of three children set out on adventure. They're the characters I wanted to see when I was young, tackling problems that I had, enjoying things that I did. They inhabit the sci-fi world I grew up watching, with the fantasy powers I read about."Tackling problems that I had"Some themes that you see in hard sci-fi but not often YA: the complex dynamics of race, colonization, resettlement, and migration can be found here, affecting our three heroes in ways they don't entirely understand, and don't entirely confront. I dealt with these, and I wanted to see how they would.You know what's great about sci-fi? You can write about the world and how to make it better. There's no limits.- Mattview less