Climate fiction. A few other things.
The other day I wondered if I might lengthen a few of my existing short stories. These were originally written as character sketches, brief prequels to the world I had created for my novels. Two of those short tales are posted under my fiction tab. But if those stories could be longer, fleshed out to… Continue reading Growing a story
The flu is down. Way down. Influenza infections are down ninety percent compared to last year. Most years, millions of Americans get the flu. Thousands are hospitalized and some people die of flu, every year. But not so much, this year. Deaths from respiratory illness are up—way up—but that’s coronavirus, not influenza virus. Flu… Continue reading Good news
One of the writing forums I enjoy occasionally hosts a guessing game between its members. The idea's to write a story that incorporates three prompts, and players guess who wrote which story. The prompts this summer were: (1) A magical disaster, (2) a new method of time travel, and (3) a mad scientist. Eighteen people… Continue reading And now for something entirely other
The problem of climate change is huge, and it's depressing as hell. But people care… more people are on board every single day, and we're even seeing the topic enter the political discourse (at last!)... and this equals hope. Whenever I give a talk on climate science, people ask, “What can I do?” The answer… Continue reading One green action at a time
Last November (less than a year ago, if you can believe it), I published Aerovoyant. And, I developed a marketing plan for it that included book signings and climate talks at libraries and schools across the country. The local part of the plan went pretty well through December and January. I gave talks in Santa Clarita… Continue reading Ice cold lemonade on a hot summer day
