It feels like a lot of people are talking about hope this week. It seems to be a theme.
And that’s one of the things I try to write about. I want to write stories that have hope. Yes, often there’s a murder in my books, but generally speaking, good wins. Hope wins.
I’m not certain I always get hope across but in general I try to write books that will make people feel good. People who are feeling good find hope much easier to latch onto and keep going.
It may be that I fail at this goal but I am fortunate to have the privilege that allows me to keep writing anyway. I have no children but I do have cats and while sometimes those cats insist upon sitting on the keyboard, they usually don’t require immediate attention, so I can go back to writing. I remind them that if they don’t get off the keyboard I can’t afford to feed them. This seems to work.
What do you keep working at to bring hope to other people? And what gives you hope?
Gratuitous cat picture of Ham cat sitting under the tree, feeling hopeful that there’s something in the wrapped presents for him.