{"id":26911,"date":"2022-10-05T06:02:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachelswirsky.com\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2022-10-05T06:02:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T13:02:02","slug":"check-out-my-big-idea-about-january-fifteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=26911","title":{"rendered":"Check Out My Big Idea About January Fifteenth!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi all,<\/span><\/p>\n

My novella, <\/span>January Fifteenth<\/span><\/i><\/a>, has been out in the world for three months now! It\u2019s continued to get good attention. Thank you, everyone, who has read it!<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a bit since this came out, but I wanted to share <\/span>a guest post I did for John Scalzi\u2019s blog series \u201cThe Big Idea\u201d<\/span><\/a> where I got the opportunity to talk about how this book came into being and explore some of the questions I was pondering as I wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a snippet:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sometimes, when we ask what looks like a single question, we\u2019re actually asking dozens or hundreds or thousands.<\/span><\/p>\n

What would it be like if the United States of America had Universal Basic Income?<\/span><\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

What kind of Universal Basic Income? How would it come about? How would it be regulated? Dispersed? Who determines eligibility? Who determines amount? Are there restrictions for felons? Does it come along with other social services or replace those systems entirely? Is there a trial run? How long will it last? Can it be canceled? What institutional forces might try to influence the project or hijack it for themselves?<\/span><\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course, I could never comprehensively cover everything in one book\u2013but hopefully I struck some compelling notes. \"\ud83d\ude00\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\"book<\/b><\/a>Anyway, you can read more of <\/span>my thoughts on John Scalzi\u2019s blog<\/span><\/a>, along with the rest of his excellent content.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in reading more of my thoughts on the book, you can find more <\/span>January Fifteenth<\/span><\/i> thoughts here<\/span><\/a> or visit my <\/span>website<\/span><\/a>. To purchase a copy of <\/span>January Fifteenth<\/span><\/i>, visit any of the links below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tor.com<\/b><\/a>
\nPowells<\/b><\/a> | <\/b>Booksamillion<\/b><\/a>
\nIndiebound<\/b><\/a> | <\/b>Barnes & Noble<\/b><\/a>
\nAmazon<\/b><\/a> | <\/b>Bookshop<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi all, My novella, January Fifteenth, has been out in the world for three months now! It’s continued to get good attention. Thank you, everyone, who has read it! It’s been a bit since this came out, but I wanted … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,312,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-january-fifteenth","category-john-scalzi","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26912,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26911\/revisions\/26912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}