It didn’t mess with me at all... I mentioned such a pandemic in the first book of my Extinction series, published back in 2017.
Great question. My novel is magical realist...there's very little in it that doesn't just seem like realism at this point!And how are you dealing with it?
My current WiP is set in the present, and involves a main character being a gigging musician. Obviously right now there are no gigs...Perhaps I should set the story in 2019?
Seems to me there are an awful lot of plots that are going to have to be rethought - no international travel to many places, no bars open in which to have key scenes, lock-down here in the UK which curtails a lot of activity, sporting events cancelled, majority of non-essential businesses closed... I can imagine a lot of thriller plots set this year that suddenly don't work. Romances, too.
And for any books set a few years in the future will you include references to Covid-19?
Derek
What a great question. This site is too wonderful. I made a few changes to my YA story based on Covid. In some scenes, I mention people wear masks. One teen says it's difficult to find a job since places had to shut down. My MC's mother tests positive and recuperates just fine. I am personally SO sick of this pandemic, I refuse to let it overtake my story. Therefore I've only included Covid as part of the backdrop but it doesn't get near the attention as other aspects in my setting which I find to be infinitely more beautiful and relevant.And how are you dealing with it?
My current WiP is set in the present, and involves a main character being a gigging musician. Obviously right now there are no gigs...Perhaps I should set the story in 2019?
Seems to me there are an awful lot of plots that are going to have to be rethought - no international travel to many places, no bars open in which to have key scenes, lock-down here in the UK which curtails a lot of activity, sporting events cancelled, majority of non-essential businesses closed... I can imagine a lot of thriller plots set this year that suddenly don't work. Romances, too.
And for any books set a few years in the future will you include references to Covid-19
Rather a much more virulent Covid.