Hi! I just wanted to say thank you. I cant remember how I found your blog, but it wasnt too long ago. I absolutely love all the things I've seen so far, but mostly I'm saying thank you for being the catalyst for what inspired me in my writing this month.
I'm a writer, I haven't done a proper story in a long time but this year, I decided to do NaNoWriMo again, I haven't done it since high school. I had characters, and a vague idea of what to do, but no overarching plot. No real goal. Until... I started thinking more about the world. Things I've seen and read because you reblogged them, and how much I cared without realizing it until I did. And that... that gave me the idea for the premise of my story, the big goal for my average every-day heroes to reach for, and it's all about trying to take care of and heal the earth . It's a battle against megacorps and the damage they're doing to the earth, and how to push back and start to fix it. It's not much... hell, it's barely anything in the grand scheme of things, but... this is the first time in a while I've had a story with a really good message. And that's all because I found you! So thanks. I really appreciate your blog and I feel I've learned quite a bit from it, please keep going
Aww! You’re too kind! I’m just being a little magpie up in here, collecting posts I think are shiny, that speak to me, or that inform my view of the world. I never had an intended audience, but I’m so glad that it’s been an inspiration for your work!
I’ve been an environmentalist for as long as I can remember, but finding the solarpunk movement gave me a new appreciation for art/writing that I didn’t really “get” before. The world needs more stories like yours. Whether it’s a novel you spend years on or a 20-minute flash fiction, having a solid message grounded in positive change will keep our daisy-chain of inspiration going, while we all work towards a future worth fighting for.