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Sometimes I think I might have bitten off more than I can chew with this particular series. It's not that I don't think I can't finish a six book series. It's just that the layers of complexity and the need to constantly keep my finger on the pulse of what's happening politically, economically, and socially, is exhausting - let alone depressing.
Looking at the riots in the UK this past week - or hearing about the flash mobs in Wisconsin and Philly - makes me think more than ever just how relevant this series is, and yet I wonder if I can get the warning out in time.
I'll admit, some of the work I produce is just for entertainment alone. Not Jefferson's Road. This isn't about entertaining readers as much as it as about warning people that we're on a very dangerous, very slippery slope. I wonder how long before we pass the event horizon - the point of no return in a black hole - and plunge into the abyss.
But then I step back from all the bad news I've been reading and consider that most people are still just going about their daily lives, just trying to get by, and that gives me hope. Yes, we're experiencing unrest, but maybe it's not too late. The streets erupt, but they calm down again. They're like the advance tremors of a large earthquake, and if we pay attention, maybe we can destress the cultural fault lines before things get really shaky and the foundations start crumbling. At least, that's my hope anyway.
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