Mavericks

Maybe there are lots of forces in the world today. Indiana Jones is one of my favorites. Han Solo (basically anyone Harrison Ford played!) Character heroes we look to ficticiouslyly save the world. Then writers who are larger than life. If we lament their characters are too good to be true, then the writers must be next in line. Ursula LeGuin's made Ged, for example. But the Wizard of Earthsea was never quite made into the type of blockbuster hit that Indiaina Jones or Star Wars was, so alas, I love Ged, but Ursula is my hero. She made Ged! So what if she's just a normal person who happens to be good at story crafting? Again, I ask, who do we turn to when things look bleak? Someone or something outside ourselves? A hero? There are so many hero stories out there. I love them all. Every day someone is saving the world in books, in movies, in real life scenarios. I want to talk about being your own hero. Like the gal from my book, June Day. A girl who's finding her way in life like any other. Finding who she is and why the world is the way it is. She's alone for the most part, no one understands her special skills. She's a hero of sorts, but undeveloped in part. She doesn't believe her skills quite yet. Thus she sees the world in black and white. Finding heroes in her friends, her counterparts, yet never quite turning inward to pull the strength out needed to overcome. Except for when she meets a special boy, a special woman, characters along the way who help shape her vision of herself into the strong character she is near the end of book 1. One who can bend situations in quite magical ways to her advantage. Instead of running away, being chased, she becomes someone more than she ever thought she could be. Okay, that I can get behind.