Current Events And The Sass and Caileen Books

As you may or may not know, there's a series of books coming out. 

They're not exactly focused on politics or cultures but on a family's determination to protect and preserve what is most dear to them through the times they are destined to live in - from ancient days through to the future. 

Besides one another, the Legacy that is theirs to defend includes the following:
Faith
Family
Friends
Freedom
Future
These are the Circles of Dunnottar, inextricably woven together.

The Voices of SONG, which are the pillars of their lives are:
Choice
the Spiral (Creation, Life, Death, Eternity ... aka God)
Peace
Faith
Healing
Hope
Love
Unity

Some of the times our fictional family has to make it through include:
The Mamm Books ... the time of the Fall of the Roman Empire
The Alianora Books ... basically the Dark Ages
The Sass Books ... Viking era, the seeds of a 'new' religion
The Caileen Books ... the Crusades
The Aine Books ... the New World
The Younglings of Dunnottar Books .... Revolutions
The Young Ones Books ... Expanding
The New Younglings ... Growth of Technology
All of the above in one way or another ... the Future

That's the general over-all 'plan' and we've only just begun.

Considering current events, and aligning them with historic times, the writing of the Sass and Caileen Books will likely be something of a challenge. While our stories are about a family, the times in which they live do heavily impact all aspects of their Legacy and the SONG they are born to Sing. Whether it's a natural disaster (like the one that pops into the first of the Alianora Books) or human-generated angst, our Characters have their work cut out for them.

Today we mourn, again. 

We too live in a time of escalating tension.

We also live in a time when Hope is a lot stronger than we might think. It's a time when Healing is possible. It is a time when humankind will determine its own Future, and the future of our world.

Can we please try not to mess it up any more than we have to?

When our own 'Hell and High Water' comes, and it will, do you think maybe we could try a bit of the SONG elements, and perhaps focus on the Circles as we make our way into the world which will belong to the ones who will come after us?

What do we hold most dear?