What are those myths? Why is it important to rediscover the 18th century America's other myths?

No taxation without representation", "All men were created equal" etc. Those are the Revolution's official myths. But that's only the surface, the smoke-screen. The revolution was made because the settlers wanted the Indian lands, and wanted to prevent the British Crown from abolishing slavery.

On the other hand, it is important to rediscover the myths of the other America, because America has such a complex story, and you can't understand the US if you don't explore its richness of references, traditions and struggles. "Anti-Americanism" is naive and superficial. Then what is the role of myths in your new novel?

It is a novel on the importance (and difficulty) of cultural "mestizaje", therefore we focus on how different myths and legends blended together. One thing that fascinated us is how the Mohawks "re-mixed" Christianity and the Gospels with elements of their previous beliefs. Your debut novel Q was a pioneer in using a Creative Commons licence in the big publishing industry.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.