I'm writing my first book

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It’s been a while since my last blog post. I’ve been distant on some of my platforms. I’m back, and hopefully I'll post updates more consistently. I’m writing my first novel. I’ve been having some trouble coping with the current hellscape. My thoughts couldn’t fit in one blog post, so I decided to write a novel. As a fan of Life Is Strange games, I decided the main character, who is based on me, would have powers. I took inspiration from Alex’s empathy power in Life Is Strange: True Colors, with a twist. It’s about using my imagination to help me cope with the hellscape. I imagine myself as if I were a Life Is Strange character. If I can’t fight for the country with brawns, do it with brains.

The character in my book can channel energy. She can convert someone’s sad or frightened energy to determination. Manipulate an enemy’s weakness and use it against them.

The plot: After trying and failing to use her power to channel everyone’s energy to give them hope for the 2024 election, Chloe, heartbroken with the state of everything, tries to use her power to give people hope and determination to fight for their country. Channeling their energy from scared to determined. Chloe hopes to use her power to help Americans get through this train wreck. How do you ride out your first dictatorship? Do I want to be known as the person who rode out a dictatorship by imagining herself as a Life Is Strange character using her empathy powers to save (what’s left) of America? Maybe?

Chloe blames an online group for Tangerine winning again; she hopes to use her power to expose their weakness and use it against them to help the Avengers fight for their land.

This is my coping mechanism. A strange one, probably.

I’m writing as a go because my memories are fading. It’s going to be about surviving the next 4 years. I may not wrap it up until the 2028 election. Therefore, it won’t be officially complete until sometime in 2029. It will take A LOT of time to repair the damage Tangerine did. There will likely be a sequel. There will be demons and teaser/Kofi subscribers getting exclusive previews, etc.

Everyone copes differently, and this is my method. To show people there’s no right or wrong way to cope with something difficult.

I entitled the book ‘Hope’ because that’s what we need. Hope and Determination to get us through this. I got the idea after playing Resident Evil Requiem.

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