Week 10 - Dystopian Sci-Fi

I'm a little bit late getting this week's book info out into the world, mainly because I'm preparing for guests. Tomorrow, my kids' grandparents are going to come for a week-long visit, which the girls are very excited about. It'll be a lot of fun! So, I've been busy cleaning my house in preparation. Let me tell you, I'd rather be writing than scrubbing toilets, ha.

But now that my home is spic and span, I can get back to business. So, this week is going to dive into dark and uncharted waters in more ways than one. First off, I'm taking a short story that I've written called "Herstory" (which you can read part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE), and turning it into a full novel of the same name. Pretty exciting, right? I've never tried to turn a short into a book before. Here's what it's all about:

Sexism is a thing of the past shortly after biological warfare by an extremist group releases an airborne virus that targets men. The women left to pick up the pieces must learn how to function again in a society that doesn’t include the Y chromosome, including for purposes of reproduction, friendship, and love.
 
Twelve years have passed since the genocide, and Lori is old enough to remember the time before, although the government issues various laws and proclamations to quash dissent against their repressive policies. She’s secretly struggled with the idea of obedience to this new world order, since others she’s known who have spoken up have been taken away for “repurposing.”
 
However, when Lori’s chosen to be a part of Onenation’s inaugural mass reproduction, she has her own personal reasons for accepting. When her baby is deemed imperfect and taken away from her and she’s thrown into jail for protesting, she hatches a plan to overcome the extremist government that metaphorically (and sometimes literally) kills any opposition to them. As a former biologist, does she have the tools necessary to bring the lost gender back from the dead? And, in doing so, can she find a way to erase the mistakes of the past and move America—and the world—forward again?

Okay, time to get cracking on this one. See you on Sunday when I will share an excerpt from this new(ish) book idea. Until then, have a great week!