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I Still Believe in Hope

I want to try something different today.
No alien theories. No analysis of the solar system.
Just a quiet message about the future, and why I think we still have good reason to hope.

It’s easy to feel like the world is falling apart.
War, politics, climate, conflict, division. It can wear you down.
You look at the news and think: How are we going to make it through the next five years, never mind fifty?

But when I look past the headlines, I see something else.
Something quieter, but far more powerful.

We are on the edge of breakthroughs that would’ve sounded like magic fifty years ago.

Cancers are being dismantled one molecule at a time by personalized medicine.
AI is helping doctors spot illness earlier than ever. Gene therapy is rewriting the future of inherited disease. Blindness, paralysis, deafness, conditions once seen as permanent, are beginning to crack.

Energy is shifting too.
Solar is now the cheapest form of power in human history, and the cost will continue to fall.
Fusion, that holy grail of limitless clean energy, is no longer a fantasy. It’s a race. And no matter who cracks it first, the planet will be the winner.

And then there’s space.
We are so close to becoming an interplanetary species. Moon bases are being prototyped.
Mars is on the table. Private citizens are already flying to the edge of space.
What we once called science fiction is quietly becoming science fact.

That’s the big stuff.
But the small things matter just as much.

People are starting businesses in their sixties.
Grandparents are video-calling grandkids from different continents.
Someone who never thought they’d write a novel sits down and starts typing. (That one’s me.)

Because the next 50 years won’t belong to the fastest or the loudest.
They’ll belong to the curious. The stubborn. The ones who still believe in trying.
It won’t be easy. There will be heartbreak. But I believe the quiet momentum is toward something better.

Maybe not perfect. But better.

So, if you're ever feeling overwhelmed by the chaos, here's a thought worth holding onto:

The future hasn’t happened yet. And we still get to help shape it.

That belief, that humanity can still rise, still reach, still build something astonishing, is at the heart of the universe I’ve been writing for the last two years.
It pulses through Return to the Galaxy.
In every tough decision, in every battle and quiet act of loyalty, it’s always there.
A flawed but stubborn belief in something better.

And now, that story is almost ready to launch.

In just a few weeks, Return to the Galaxy will be available to the world.
Book Two is already finished. Books Three and Four are ready for September and October.
Books Five and Six will follow early in the new year, and I’ve already mapped out my second series.

If you’ve ever read one of my short stories, or even just opened one of these emails; thank you.

Truly.

This is my first novel launch. I’ve poured everything I’ve got into it. Time, love, late nights, and a ridiculous amount of coffee. And if you’d like to help me get this series off the ground, I would be quietly grateful beyond words.

You can:
• Read or borrow Return to the Galaxy on Kindle Unlimited when it launches
• Leave a short Amazon review, even a sentence or two. The early ones help enormously

But even if you don’t, thank you for being here.
Thank you for believing that stories, and futures, are still worth creating.

We’re not done.
Not by a long shot.

Gratefully,
​BA Gillies​
Just a person with a keyboard and a ridiculous amount of hope and belief.

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