Author Note
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Author Note
Welcome to Planet Lara was written during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. The book does not address the pathogen, its myriad international responses, or the politics associated with such. If it’s going to bother you to read a book that does not include social distancing, mask wearing, canceled public events, shuttered businesses and schools, and vaccine protocols, don’t read on.
And please, please—don’t eviscerate authors in the reviews for not wanting to include this very new tragedy in our stories. An informal, rolling poll of readers and fellow writers over the last year has made it pretty clear that no one wants to read about COVID quite yet. Maybe by 2022, I’ll include it in storylines. But probably not.
There is a casual, could-be-COVID mention in Act II, but yeah … COVID-free book, fellow humans. Wash your hands. Thank a healthcare worker and the kid at the store who restocks the toilet paper. And now, more than ever, be kind.
xo,
Eliza
- Writer
